Anthropic PBC is currently involved in a federal copyright lawsuit in San Francisco concerning its AI chatbot, Claude. The company admitted that Claude fabricated a source that was later presented as evidence in court. Anthropic is arguing before Senior US District Judge William Alsup that its use of copyrighted writers' work to train Claude constitutes fair use. Judge Alsup, who previously presided over the Google v. Oracle fair use trial, has indicated he is inclined to find that Anthropic's AI training qualifies as fair use, despite leaning toward a violation of copyright law regarding the initial copying of pirated books. The case is closely watched as it addresses the legal boundaries of AI training and copyright infringement.
Judge Alsup said he’s inclined to find AI training by Anthropic was fair use. Anthropic has to be pleased with today’s oral argument. Let’s not forget Judge Alsup presided over the fair use trial in Google v Oracle: https://t.co/qtZtc6lEov https://t.co/ceOW6IrnWk
A California federal judge is leaning toward finding Anthropic PBC violated copyright law when it made initial copies of pirated books, but that its subsequent uses to train their generative AI models qualify as fair use. https://t.co/QqZr79SsOT
Anthropic will attempt to convince Senior US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco that it made fair use of writers' work to train its AI chatbot Claude. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: https://t.co/s1z0JFiNQe https://t.co/2z5HXtc3m6