Federal Judge Pauses Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Book Piracy Settlement Over Author Concerns
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· 2 sourcesA federal judge has paused Anthropic's proposed $1.5 billion settlement over allegations the AI company used pirated books to train its models. The Verge reported that Judge William Alsup rejected the deal, expressing concern that class action lawyers were creating agreements "down the throats of authors." Hacker News added that the judge felt "misled" and criticized the settlement as inadequate, noting it covers less than 500,000 works despite a class of up to 7 million claimants who could have been owed over $1 trillion in damages.
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A federal judge has temporarily halted Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors over alleged book piracy for AI training. Judge William Alsup rejected the proposed settlement, expressing concerns that class action lawyers were creating deals behind closed doors that would be forced "down the throats of authors." The landmark settlement, which Anthropic agreed to pay last week, was intended to resolve a class action lawsuit accusing the AI company of using pirated copies of books to train its AI models.
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· 3 pulledJudge William Alsup rejected the settlement over concerns that class action lawyers will create a deal behind closed doors that they will force "down the throats of authors"
Anthropic agreed to pay the landmark settlement last week, putting to rest a class action lawsuit from US authors
the federal judge overseeing the class action case raised concerns about the terms of the agreement
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