Anthropic will pay USD $ 1.5 billion in demand demand demands to train their AI

Anthropic He agrees to pay USD $ 1.5 billion in a historic case of copyright for improper use of books to train his AI, Claude.

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• It is the largest agreement for registered copyright and the first directly linked to artificial intelligence.
• The demand involves about 500,000 pirated books used to train the Chatbot Claude of Anthropic.
• Each author will receive around USD $ 3,000 in compensation, although the total figure could increase.

Anthropic, The company behind the artificial intelligence chatbot Claude, He agreed to pay USD $ 1.5 billion to resolve a collective copyright. The case arises after thousands of writers accused the company of using their pirate books without permission to train its AI system.

The proposal of agreement, which must still be approved by Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, would mark a precedent in the relationship between artificial intelligence and intellectual property. If ratified, the funds would be distributed among hundreds of thousands of affected authors, consolidating themselves as the greatest compensation for copyright in recent history, reports Cryptopolitan.

How demand began

The legal process began in 2024, when writers Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic for copying and storing their works without authorization. Over time, hundreds of thousands of authors who denounced the unauthorized use of their texts in chatbot training were added Claude.

The writers argue that the company went beyond legitimate use, serving their stories to give AI a human style and, in some cases, imitate their literary voices. As they allege, Anthropic Avoid obtaining licenses despite having financial support from giants such as Amazon and Alphabet, the Google matrix.

Pirate books and compensation

The agreement focuses on approximately 500,000 pirated books, downloaded from not authorized digital repositories as Library Genesis, Pirate Library Mirror and Dataset Books3. These files have become common in communities of researchers and developers of AI, although they have been criticized for undermining authorship laws and intellectual property.

The Pact establishes that each author whose book will have been used will receive about USD $ 3,000. However, the total figure could exceed USD $ 1.5 billion if more works are identified in the data set by the company.

Legal risks and repercussions

Judge Alsup determined in June that training with the copyright could be considered “Fair use” If the works are transformed. However, he also concluded that Anthropic He violated the law by downloading and storing more than 7,000,000 pirated books in an internal library.

If the case was taken to trial in December, legal analysts warned that the company could face economic damage for hundreds of billions of dollars. To avoid that scenario, Anthropic He decided to negotiate.

The company also promised to destroy all digital copies of pirate books to prevent any future benefit of that material. Even so, experts warn that the agreement does not blind Anthropic against future demands if your system Claude It generates results that replicate protected fragments.

Context in the AI ​​industry

Anthropic He pointed out that the agreement does not imply an admission of guilt. According to Aparna Sridhar, Deputy General Vice Minister, the company seeks to concentrate on developing tools that contribute to public welfare, instead of prolonging endless litigation.

The case also resonates throughout the technological sector. Other companies such as OpenAI, Microsoft and Meta They face similar legal processes in the United States. A San Francisco Court allowed a claim against goal to continue, stating that the unauthorized use of copyright material is illegal “In many circumstances.”

If the trial against Anthropic I would have climbed up to the US Supreme Court., would have opened the door to massive changes in national intellectual property laws applied to artificial intelligence. With this agreement, the company avoids that route, although the debate on the balance between technological innovation and copyright remains open.

Written article with the help of an AI content editor, edited by Angel Di Matteo / Diariobitcoin

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