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Anthropic settles copyright lawsuit with authors for $1.5 billion

apnews.com — September 6, 2025 at 02:01 AM UTC

AI company Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to authors to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit over training its chatbot on pirated books. The settlement, pending judicial approval, addresses claims that Anthropic used copyrighted works from pirate websites to train its AI model, Claude. Authors will receive approximately $3,000 per book. This landmark agreement could set a precedent for future disputes between AI developers and creative professionals regarding copyright and fair use in AI training data.

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