Judge Rules Anthropic Illegally Trained Claude on Stanford Books

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A federal judge ruled in Bartz v. Anthropic that the company illegally scraped and pirated books from over 10 Stanford professors to train its Claude models. The decision prohibits building permanent central libraries via piracy but permits training on legally acquired texts, marking one of the largest copyright settlements involving an AI firm.

LATEST/A federal judge ruled in Bartz v. Anthropic that the company illegally scraped and pirated books from over 10 Stanford professors to train its Claude models. The decision prohibits building permanent central libraries via piracy but permits training on legally acquired texts, marking one of the largest copyright settlements involving an AI firm.

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Hacker News AIT2Oct 27, 23:28·78 pts
Judge Rules Anthropic Illegally Trained Claude on Stanford Books
- Court finds Anthropic illegally used Stanford professors' works to train Claude
- Ruling bans building permanent central libraries via piracy but allows training on legally acquired texts
- Authors Alliance calls it the largest copyright settlement involving an AI company
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