Big Tech wins legal battles, allowing AI to use copyrighted content for free. Judges rule that AI training with copyrighted material is fair use. Here's what this could mean for the future of the ...

A federal judge has sided with Anthropic in an AI copyright case, ruling that training — and only training — its AI models on legally purchased books without authors’ permission is fair use ...

The decision, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, sets a precedent that training AI systems on copyrighted works constitutes fair use.

Anthropic told the court that it made fair use of the books and that U.S. copyright law "not only allows, but encourages" its AI training because it promotes human creativity.

A judge’s decision that Anthropic‘s use of copyrighted books to train its AI models is a “fair use” is likely only the start of lengthy litigation to resolve one of the most hotly ...

Turning a "hard corner" Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training In landmark ruling, judge likens AI training to schoolchildren learning to write.

Both decisions offer key insights for rights holders, AI developers, and litigators navigating this unsettled frontier. The Kadrey and Bartz fair use findings rest on some important commonalities.

The Anthropic website and mobile phone app are shown in this photo on July 5, 2024. A judge ruled in the AI company's favor in a copyright infringement case brought last year by a group of authors.

However, the judge also pointed out some weak points in the ecosystem of Big Tech’s AI efforts and Meta’s arguments defending its actions as fair use. “This ruling does not stand for the ...

U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic’s use of purchased books was “exceedingly transformative and was a fair use” but the company may have broken the law by using pirated ...

A federal judge has sided with Anthropic in an AI copyright case, ruling that training — and only training — its AI models on legally purchased books without authors’ permission is fair use ...