Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement for copyright infringement, allowing the AI lab to compensate authors and publishers whose works were illegally downloaded. The settlement, which amounts to $3,000 per work across an estimated 500,000 works, is the largest in U.S. copyright history, although many in the creative community view it as insufficient due to the ruling that deemed AI training on copyrighted text as fair use. This decision leaves unresolved legal questions for the broader industry, as other copyright lawsuits continue against major companies like Google and Meta.