Anthropic Wins Partial Victory in Copyright Case Over AI Training
A US federal judge ruled that Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its Claude AI chatbot qualifies as fair use, marking one of the first legal precedents for generative AI systems. Judge William Alsup found the company's AI models transformed the original works rather than replicating them.
However, Anthropic faces potential liability for maintaining a 'central library' containing over 7 million pirated titles. The court scheduled a December trial to determine damages, which could reach $150,000 per work for willful infringement.