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AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit

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Settlement could be pivotal after authors claimed company took pirated copies of their work to train chatbots

The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5bn to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.

The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as soon as Monday, could mark a turning point in legal battles between AI companies and the writers, visual artists and other creative professionals who accuse them of copyright infringement.

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