Authors file lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic over copyright infringement

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Authors file lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic over copyright infringement
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The intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright law has taken center stage as major U.S. record labels, including Sony and Universal Music, have filed a lawsuit against AI studios for allegedly using their copyrighted music without authorization.

Three authors have filed a class-action lawsuit against artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging the company used pirated copies of their work to train its chatbot Claude.

Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson seek to represent authors of fiction and non-fiction works whose work has been stolen and used without pay by Anthropic.Three authors have filed a class action lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic, alleging the company stole copyrighted work to train its chatbot.

The suit claimed Anthropic built a multibillion-dollar business off the backs of authors, stealing copyrighted books and feeding them into AI models to help the chatbot create human-like messages.Anthropic gained a reputation as a safer AI startup after its founder said he refrained from releasing the chatbot earlier over safety concerns.

The Authors Guild filed a lawsuit against Microsoft-backed OpenAI last September on behalf of famous writers including John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin, accusing the startup of illegally using published works to train its chatbot.The tech startups have argued they are protected under the “fair use” doctrine, which allows for limited use of copyrighted materials for teaching or when transforming the work into something new.

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