Book Authors Reach Settlement with Anthropic Over AI Training Data

Aug 28, 2025
ABC News
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Summary

A group of book authors settles a landmark copyright lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, with a federal judge ruling Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its chatbot Claude qualifies as 'fair use', paving the way for a settlement benefiting all class members.

Key Points

  • A group of book authors settles a copyright lawsuit with AI company Anthropic.
  • A federal judge rules that Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its chatbot Claude qualifies as 'fair use'.
  • The settlement terms will be finalized next week, benefiting all class members, according to the authors' lawyer.

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