Anthropic's $1.5B Settlement Marks Major Win in Copyright Case Over AI Training Data

A San Francisco federal judge approved a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors who accused the company of using pirated books to train its AI. Described as the largest copyright class-action settlement, the deal pays roughly $3,000 per book for claims covering around 440,000 titles; Anthropic must delete the pirated files. The accord resolves liability for past data acquisition, not for future AI outputs or new claims.