Topic: author compensation
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Why I Changed My Mind About Getting Paid by Anthropic
Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement for authors whose copyrighted books were used without permission to train its AI model Claude, with authors potentially receiving at least $3,000 per affected book. The settlement raises the ethical question of whether AI firms should compensate creat...
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Judge Halts Anthropic's $1.5B Book Piracy Settlement
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors, citing concerns that authors felt pressured to accept terms negotiated without sufficient transparency. The judge questioned the fairness of the deal and demanded clearer data on the number of books i...
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