Developing story · 2 episodes · 21 Oct to 27 Oct
Anthropic's Legal Fight Over AI Training Data
The legal battle over Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its AI model has reached a critical juncture. After a judge ruled that the scraping of Stanford books was illegal, Anthropic is now arguing that the subsequent training process constitutes fair use.
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Judge rules Anthropic illegally scraped Stanford books for Claude
A federal judge ruled in May 2026 that Anthropic illegally scraped and pirated works from over 10 Stanford professors to train its Claude models. In the case Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge William Alsup…
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Anthropic urges judge to deem lyric training fair use
Anthropic asked U.S. District Judge Eumi Lee in San Jose to rule that its use of millions of song lyrics to train the Claude chatbot is protected under the fair‑use doctrine. The company’s lawyer…
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AnthropicUniversal Music GroupConcordABKCOOpenAIMicrosoftThe New York TimesGetty ImagesClaudeSonal MehtaMatt OppenheimEumi Lee