Anthropic hit with class-action lawsuit over copyright infringement
undefined 21, 2024

Anthropic, the AI startup backed by Amazon, Google, and Salesforce, is facing a class-action lawsuit in California for alleged copyright infringement. Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson claim that Anthropic's AI models, including Claude, were trained using pirated versions of their copyrighted books. This lawsuit follows another filed by Universal Music last October over similar claims regarding copyrighted song lyrics. The case highlights ongoing tensions between AI companies and content creators over the use of copyrighted materials.
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