{"id":52704,"date":"2026-07-23T15:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=52704"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:47:48","slug":"anthropic-book-training-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/23\/anthropic-book-training-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic Book Training Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ai-anthropic-copyright-settlement-claude-books-bartz-74b140444023898aeba8579b6e9f0d63\">AP<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=48996652\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ai-anthropic-copyright-settlement-claude-books-bartz-74b140444023898aeba8579b6e9f0d63\">\n<p>A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/anthropic-copyright-authors-settlement-training-f294266bc79a16ec90d2ddccdf435164\">copyright settlement<\/a> in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Bestselling thriller novelist Andrea Bartz first brought the suit with two other authors in 2024. It&rsquo;s the first major settlement in dozens of AI copyright lawsuits that are still working their way through courts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/@carnage4life\/116965920554321946\">Dare Obasanjo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/@carnage4life\/116965920554321946\">\n<p>Somewhat ironic given recent claims from Anthropic about others training their AI on its work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/19\/apple-intelligence-training\/\">Apple Intelligence Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/28\/the-new-york-times-sues-openai\/\">The New York Times Sues OpenAI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/29\/hachette-v-internet-archive\/\">Hachette v. Internet Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/31\/the-internet-archives-national-emergency-library\/\">The Internet Archive&rsquo;s National Emergency Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP (Hacker News): A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot. 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