Authors Allowed to Sue Anthropic Collectively Over AI Copyright Infringement

A US judge has ruled that authors can proceed with a class action lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the AI firm trained its Claude chatbot on their copyrighted books without permission. The decision by Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco consolidates what could have been dozens of individual cases into a single, high-stakes legal battle.

The lawsuit hinges on whether Anthropic's use of copyrighted material to train its AI constitutes infringement or falls under fair use. This case adds to growing global tensions between content creators and AI developers over the unauthorized use of human-created works to train machine learning systems.

The ruling increases legal pressure on AI companies already facing scrutiny about their data sourcing practices. While no specific cryptocurrencies or exchanges are mentioned in this case, the outcome could set precedents affecting how blockchain-based AI projects handle intellectual property rights.