Anthropic settles class action lawsuit over book use in AI training
Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit brought by fiction and nonfiction authors, according to a filing Tuesday with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case, Bartz v. Anthropic, centered on Anthropic’s use of books to train its large language models.
The court previously ruled Anthropic’s use of the books was fair use. But because many books involved were pirated, Anthropic faced possible financial penalties. The company had won a partial victory in a lower court and was appealing related rulings before the settlement. 
Anthropic did not disclose terms of the settlement or comment immediately.
After the June ruling, Anthropic told NPR:
“We believe it’s clear that we acquired books for one purpose only — building large language models — and the court clearly held that use was fair.”
