Impact of Anthropic Copyright Ruling

Copyright & Fair Use - Entropic acquired over 7 million pirated books and later physical copies to train its large language models [1][2] - A judge ruled that using physical copies to train AI models constitutes fair use, but not the pirated copies [3] - An appeal is likely regarding the fair use ruling [4] - The ruling hinges on whether ingesting information for AI training is considered fair use, which would allow companies to use data without compensation [5] Industry Implications & Concerns - Generative AI benefits from the fair use ruling, but companies face navigation challenges [5] - The industry is keen on the fair use ruling, as it allows for data ingestion without payment [6] - Publishers fear that AI could reduce book sales if people can obtain information directly from AI [6] - There are concerns about the incentive for authors to write new books if their work is used by AI without commercial benefit [7]