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Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training
The first-of-its-kind ruling that condones AI training as fair use will likely be viewed as a big win for AI companies, but ...
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.
An AI firm won a lawsuit for copyright infringement — but may face a huge bill for piracy
Two federal judges in the same courthouse came to different opinions on whether AI firms are breaching copyrights, signaling ...
Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books
Judge William Alsup determined that Anthropic training its AI models on purchased copies of books is fair use.
Anthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims
While the startup has won its “fair use” argument, it potentially faces billions of dollars in damages for allegedly pirating ...
Judge rules Anthropic's use of books to train AI model is fair use
A judge ruled the Anthropic artificial intelligence company didn't violate copyright laws when it used millions of ...
Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday that Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its ...
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Judge Calls Anthropic’s Training of LLMs with Authors’ Works ‘Quintessentially Transformative’ But Gives No Pass on Piracy
On Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a mixed  order on fair use as it relates to ...
Anthropic cut up millions of used books to train Claude — and downloaded over 7 million pirated ones too, a judge said
Training Claude on copyrighted books it purchased was fair use, but piracy wasn't, the judge ruled.
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An AI firm won a lawsuit for copyright infringement — but may face a huge bill for piracy
Alsup wrote that Anthropic “could have purchased books, but it preferred to steal them to avoid ‘legal/practice/business slog,’” Alsup wrote. (He was quoting Anthropic co-founder and CEO ...
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Authors Lose Key Battle in AI Copyright Case, But Piracy Fight Continues
A US federal judge ruled that using copyrighted books to train AI is fair use. Anthropic now faces trial over its use of ...