Anthropic owes authors $1.5B for pirating work — but the claims process is a Kafkaesque mess

vox.com·May 6

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Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit with authors over the use of their work in training ai models. The settlement is part of a class action lawsuit, but its terms and the claims process are being questioned. A us judge is considering the settlement, with one report suggesting it may be being imposed on authors in a way that is not entirely voluntary.

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