Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit from authors, who accused the Amazon-backed company of illegally downloading and copying their books to teach its AI system, in among the first deals reached by creators over novel legal issues raised by the technology.
The settlement was reached on Aug. 26. Lawyers for authors on Friday notified the court on the terms of the deal.
Authors who opt into the agreement will be eligible to share in the $1.5 billion settlement fund, plus additional payments of $3,000 per book allegedly used by Anthropic for training. They can also decline to participate in the deal and individually pursue copyright infringement claims.
