A federal court finalizes a $1.5 billion deal resolving claims Anthropic used writers’ works without permission to train AI models.
A federal judge in San Francisco approved a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and a group of authors alleging the AI firm used their copyrighted books to train its models without authorization. The agreement resolves a class action lawsuit filed against the company, marking one of the largest settlements in AI-related copyright disputes to date.
The case centered on accusations that Anthropic’s AI training processes infringed on authors’ intellectual property rights. No prior settlement figures were disclosed, and the terms of the deal remain confidential. Similar lawsuits involving AI training data have emerged in recent months, raising industry-wide legal concerns.
The settlement does not include an admission of wrongdoing by Anthropic, according to court documents.