AI Copyright Battle: Judge Threatens to Scuttle Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Settlement
AI Copyright Battle: Judge Threatens to Scuttle Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Settlement U.S. District Judge William Alsup has cast significant doubt on the proposed $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books were illegally pirated to train its chatbots. The judge’s strong skepticism, voiced during a hearing this past Monday, raises the distinct possibility that the landmark case could still proceed to trial, despite efforts to avert it. Judge Alsup, who spent…