Category: Bartz et al. v. Anthropic
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Claude AI provider Anthropic says it might owe $750 BILLION in copyright damages should book authors’ class action succeed
Context: Among the dozens of AI-related copyright infringement lawsuits that are presently pending (most of them in the U.S.), Bartz v. Anthropic in the Northern District of California is one of the more interesting ones. It’s a class action on behalf of book authors against an AI provider that is known for its Claude AI…
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Anthropic holds back evidence, annoys judge who seeks to clarify key copyright question: can piracy be cured by fair use?
Context: Last summer, book authors brought a class action against Claude maker Anthropic (August 20, 2024 ai fray article). Claude is known for its ability to generate particularly large documents, such as long texts. What’s new: There have recently been some filings in this case (Bartz v. Anthropic) that show the litigation is heating up…
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OpenAI under fire, looming deepfake dangers and flurry of safety standard setting: the top AI governance and litigation developments of 2024
Several milestones were hit in artificial intelligence governance last year, while an array of watershed AI disputes and merger reviews were also launched – and this movement will all but slow down in 2025.
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Book authors bring class-action lawsuit against Claude maker Anthropic over alleged copyright violations
A new class action complaint by (fiction and non-fiction) book authors alleges copyright infringement by Anthropic’s Claude LLM.