The US$1.5 billion settlement was approved by the judge: Anthropic copyright case was settled, and the writers’ class action lawsuit came to an end. A copyright tug-of-war that affected the entire AI industry finally came to an end with the judge’s hammer.

The US$1.5 billion settlement received the judge’s nod: The Anthropic copyright case was settled, and the writers’ class action lawsuit came to an end. A copyright tug-of-war that affected the entire AI industry finally came to an end. According to reports cited by Jiemian News, on July 20, local time, U.S. Federal Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California officially approved the US$1.5 billion settlement agreement of artificial intelligence company Anthropic and rejected objections that the compensation amount was too low. What this agreement will resolve is a class action lawsuit filed by a group of writers. As early as 2024, this group of writers accused Anthropic of using their works to train its AI chatbot Claude without permission. The judge's approval means that this iconic battle over the copyright ownership of training data has come to an end for the time being. It also adds a significant footnote to the legality of AI companies using copyrighted text as training materials. via AI News (author: AI Base)