Judge Allows Class Action Against Anthropic Over Pirated Book Scandal
Summary
In a breaking development, a judge allows a class action lawsuit against Anthropic to move forward, accusing the AI company of copyright infringement by using pirated books from sites like Library Genesis to build its training data, potentially exposing Anthropic to a billion-dollar settlement.
Key Points
- A judge rules that a class action lawsuit against Anthropic for copyright infringement can proceed
- Anthropic downloaded pirated books from sites like Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror to build a digital library
- The judge certifies a class of authors whose books were pirated from those sites, potentially leading to a billion-dollar settlement