Authors Sue Anthropic for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training

• Three authors have filed a class-action lawsuit against AI company Anthropic in California federal court, alleging misuse of their books to train the chatbot Claude.
• The complaint claims Anthropic used pirated versions of their works and hundreds of thousands of others to teach Claude to respond to human prompts.
• Anthropic's spokesperson acknowledged the lawsuit but declined to comment further due to pending litigation; the authors' attorney also declined to comment.
• This lawsuit is part of a broader trend, with similar cases filed against OpenAI and Meta Platforms by other authors and copyright holders.
• The authors seek monetary damages and a permanent injunction to prevent Anthropic from using their works without permission.

Source: Reuters