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Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Settlement Over AI Training On Pirated Books Sets Precedent As Lawsuits Against OpenAI, Meta Loom

A federal judge in California has given preliminary approval to Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)-backed Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused the AI company of using millions of pirated books to train its Claude chatbot.

Benzinga

Judge Endorses Anthropic's $1.5 Bn Copyright Settlement

A US judge on Thursday endorsed Anthropic's deal to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit over amassing a library of pirated books to train its artificial intelligence.

International Business Times

Judge approves $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors

A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots

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Judge rules Trump administration illegally fired thousands of probationary workers

A judge has ruled that the Trump administration's central human resources office acted illegally when it directed the mass firings of thousands of probationary workers

The Independent UK

An AI startup has agreed to a $2.2 billion copyright settlement. But will Australian writers benefit?

Anthropic, an AI startup founded in 2021, has reached a groundbreaking US$1.5 billion settlement (AU$2.28 billion) in a class-action copyright lawsuit. The case was initiated in 2024 by novelist Andrea Bartz and non-fiction writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson.

The Conversation

Judge skewers $1.5B Anthropic settlement with authors in pirated books case over AI training

A federal judge on Monday skewered a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots, raising the specter that the case could still end up going to trial

The Independent UK

Anthropic reaches $1.5 Billion settlement with authors in landmark copyright case

Anthropic’s deal with authors may accelerate a shift toward licensing copyrighted material needed to train AI models, legal experts say

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AI Giant Anthropic To Pay $1.5 Bn Over Pirated Books

Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over pirated books allegedly used to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models, according to court documents filed Friday.

International Business Times

Anthropic landmark copyright settlement with authors may set a precedent for the whole industry

Anthropic has settled a copyright lawsuit that risked exposing the company to billions of dollars’ worth of damages.

Fortune

Anthropic settles AI copyright lawsuit with book authors

A settlement is coming next week in a class action copyright lawsuit of book authors against artificial intelligence company Anthropic.

Euronews

Book authors settle copyright lawsuit with AI company Anthropic

A group of book authors has reached a settlement with AI company Anthropic after suing for copyright infringement

The Independent UK

A copyright lawsuit over pirated books could result in ‘business-ending’ damages for Anthropic

The lawsuit centers on Anthropic’s use of books to train its LLM, Claude, and could leave the company on the hook for billions of dollars’ worth of damages.

Fortune

Federal Judge Recognizes the Right To Train AI on Copyrighted Works

The lawsuit is a win not just for Anthropic, but for all users of large language models.

Reason

Meta and Anthropic win key verdicts in US AI copyright cases

The two companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence race won two key verdicts from US courts this week regarding whether they can train on copyrighted books.

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The Guardian - UK

Anthropic did not breach copyright when training AI on books without permission, court rules

Judge says firm made ‘fair use’ of literature but storage of pirated books in central library constituted infringement

Al Jazeera

US judge allows company to train AI using copyrighted literary materials

Ruling sides against authors who alleged that Anthropic trained an AI model using their work without consent.

International Business Times

US Judge Backs Using Copyrighted Books To Train AI

A US federal judge has sided with Anthropic regarding training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted books without authors' permission, a decision with the potential to set a major legal precedent in AI deployment.

The Independent UK

Anthropic wins ruling on AI training in copyright lawsuit but must face trial on pirated books

In a test case for the artificial intelligence industry, a federal judge has ruled that AI company Anthropic didn’t break the law by training its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books

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Fortune

AI training is ‘fair use’ federal judge rules in Anthropic copyright case

Training AI on books Anthropic bought is okay, but downloading pirated ones is not, judge says.

Al Jazeera

Trump v US courts: Where do challenges to executive orders stand?

Trump’s 2025 executive orders face legal pushback. But is the US headed towards a constitutional crisis?

The Independent UK

Appeals court refuses to halt an order for the rehiring of thousands of fired federal workers

An appeals court in California has refused to halt a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to rehire thousands of probationary workers who were let go in mass firings

Reason

Deportation Standoff

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The Independent UK

Another federal judge accuses Trump of flouting his court order — this time over federal firings

In total some 20 agencies are being forced to reinstate their workers after they were unlawfully fired by the Trump administration

Advnture

Hundreds of National Park workers could win back their jobs after judges rule mass firings unlawful

The National Park Service is under immense strain after widespread cuts imposed by the Trump administration

Salon

Judge orders Trump to rehire fed workers

Probationary workers fired by the Trump administration must be offered their jobs back under the order

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