"Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to rights holders in settlement of a lawsuit regarding its training of generative AI models using copyright material without permission, raising concerns that this could increase the licensing costs enterprises pay for AI models. The class action lawsuit concerns authors' claims in an August 2024 lawsuit that "Anthropic downloaded known pirated versions of Plaintiffs' works, made copies of them, and fed these pirated copies into its models.""
"In a Sunday filing scheduling a hearing for Monday, the judge wrote that he was "disappointed that counsel have left important questions to be answered in the future, including respecting the Works List, the Class List, the Claim Form, and, particularly for works with multiple claimants, the processes for notification (for opt-out, so-called re-inclusion, and claims, whether a given choice is exercised by one, some, or all coclaimants), allocation, and dispute resolution.""
Anthropic agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to rights holders to settle a lawsuit alleging training of generative AI models on copyrighted material without permission. Authors claimed that Anthropic downloaded known pirated versions of plaintiffs' works, copied them, and fed them into its models. Plaintiffs' attorneys described the agreement as the largest known copyright settlement in American history, with about $3,000 per work if approved. A judge expressed disappointment about unresolved issues including the Works List, Class List, Claim Form, notification and allocation processes, and set deadlines ahead of Oct. 10. Anthropic said the settlement, if approved, will resolve remaining legacy claims and reiterated commitment to developing safe AI systems.
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