AI company Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author in lawsuit

Copyright & AI - The AI industry faces increasing scrutiny regarding copyright infringement, highlighted by class action lawsuits [1] - Anthropic was ordered to pay $15 billion (15 亿) in a copyright settlement after illegally pirating over 7 million digitized books to train its AI model [2] - The court ruled that while AI can train on legally obtained copyrighted works under fair use, this doesn't extend to illegally downloaded material [4] - Under the settlement, Anthropic must compensate approximately 500 thousand authors, with $3 thousand for each work used [5] Legal Landscape - Over 40 lawsuits are currently in litigation between AI companies and copyright holders across the country [6] - Nearly 20 best-selling authors are suing OpenAI, alleging systematic theft for using their work to train ChatGPT [6] Industry Concerns - Authors express concerns about the potential for AI to devalue content creation and potentially replace human creativity [7][8] - Authors perceive AI as an existential threat to their profession [9]