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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social

NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.

Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought By Book Authors

Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social

The details of the settlement aren't public yet. Extremely curious to see how much per infringed work, and how many authors are ultimately involved. Also curious if there will be pushback from the class a la Google Books

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    Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social

    I’m personally hoping that part of the settlement will be acknowledgment by Anthropic that training AI models on copyright works without consent is not fair use. I know it’s unlikely, but a person can dream, no?

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