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Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its AI was transformative fair use despite piracy allegations.
- The ruling followed a 2024 class-action lawsuit from authors accusing Anthropic of pirating over seven million book copies to build a digital library without permission.
- Judge Alsup determined that digitizing printed books and utilizing them to train Anthropic’s Claude AI constituted a permissible use under the limitations set by copyright law.
- The judge acknowledged the piracy was not legally excused and damages could exceed $5 billion, but allowed AI training despite creators' concerns about harm to livelihoods.
- The court's decision marks an important milestone for AI companies, although the question of piracy-related damages remains unsettled and has drawn criticism from creators amid ongoing legal battles.
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Training an AI model with unauthorised books is not illegal, a U.S. judge decides. A key decision, called to make jurisprudence in the arm of iron between artists and artificial intelligence.
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der Standard DEHowever, other cases of piracy could follow, both for Anthropic and other AI companies.
The judge validates a legal-key argument of the companies of the AI but always pursues the start-up for having used "pirated" books.
The development of artificial intelligence (IA) has raised complex legal issues, especially with regard to copyright. Recently, a judicial decision in the United States has brought new rounds to this debate,...
Judge’s “Fair Use” Ruling In Favor Of Anthropic Is Likely Only The Start Of Lengthy Court Copyright Battles Over AI Training Models
A judge's decision that Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its AI models is a "fair use" is likely only the start of lengthy litigation to resolve one of the most hotly contested questions over the latest tech revolution. U.S.
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