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AI Companies Can Use Copyrighted Work Without Permission, Judge Rules
- On Monday, a federal judge in California ruled that Anthropic is permitted to use copyrighted books without obtaining authors' permission to train its Claude AI models, citing fair use protections.
- The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed in mid-2023 by three writers who accused Anthropic of using unauthorized copyrighted materials in training its AI models.
- Alsup justified the decision by describing the AI output as "exceedingly transformative," meaning the models create something new rather than merely copying original works.
- The judge ruled that Anthropic was not authorized to include illegally obtained books in its main repository and scheduled a separate trial to address accusations of widespread copyright infringement.
- The ruling may set a legal precedent for AI training on copyrighted data, but Anthropic and similar companies will still face trials over piracy claims and ongoing copyright debates.
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