"A federal judge on Monday skewered a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots, raising the specter that the case could still end up going to trial."
""We'll see if I can hold my nose and approve it" then, Alsup said before adjourning Monday's hearing."
"Alsup had dealt the case a mixed ruling in June, finding that training AI chatbots on copyrighted books wasn't illegal but that Anthropic wrongfully acquired millions of books through pirate websites to help improve its Claude chatbot."
U.S. District Judge William Alsup sharply questioned a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and parties alleging that nearly half a million books were pirated to train chatbots. He spent nearly an hour listing perceived pitfalls and set a September 25 hearing to determine whether concerns have been addressed. The proposed deal would pay about $3,000 per covered book and aims to resolve pirating claims and avoid a December trial. Alsup previously found training on copyrighted books not inherently illegal but concluded Anthropic wrongfully acquired millions of books from pirate websites to improve its Claude chatbot. The judge sought assurances the list of roughly 465,000 works will not expand.
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