District Court Judge William Alsup ruled on Monday that the company’s training of its Claude AI models with books bought or pirated was allowed under the “fair use” doctrine in the US Copyright Act.
“The technology at issue was among the most transformative many of us will see in our lifetimes,“ Alsup added in his 32-page decision, comparing AI training to how humans learn by reading books.
Musicians, book authors, visual artists and news publications have sued various AI companies that used their data without permission or payment.
“We are pleased that the court recognized that using ‘works to train LLMs was transformative,‘” an Anthropic spokesperson said in response to an AFP query.
- Blanket protection rejected -
However, Alsup rejected Anthropic's bid for blanket protection, ruling that the company's practice of downloading millions of pirated books to build a permanent digital library was not justified by fair use protections.
Anthropic’s aim was to amass a library of “all the books in the world” for training AI models on content as deemed fit, the judge said in his ruling.
The case will now proceed to trial on damages related to the pirated library copies, with potential penalties including financial damages.
“Judge Alsup’s decision is a mixed bag,“ said Keith Kupferschmid, chief executive of US nonprofit Copyright Alliance.
Valued at $61.5 billion and heavily backed by Amazon, Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives.
The company, known for its Claude chatbot and AI models, positions itself as focused on AI safety and responsible development.
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