Authors Wrangle With Publishers Over $1.5 Billion Anthropic A.I. Settlement
The tech giant must pay $3,000 per pirated book that it used to train its chatbot. Many authors fear they could lose funds to others in the book business.
TL;DR
- Thousands of authors await their share of a $1.5 billion copyright settlement with Anthropic.
- The settlement is for Anthropic's use of pirated books to train its AI chatbot.
- Authors fear publishers may claim a larger portion of the payout, potentially excluding them.
- Disputes arise from competing claims on book rights submitted to the settlement administrator.
- The Authors Guild CEO expressed concern about publishers' record-keeping for reverted rights.