Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

A federal judge approved a $1.5 billion settlement between an AI company and authors who accused the company of training its AI models on copyrighted books without permission. The settlement provides approximately $3,000 per book to affected authors, with more than 91% of covered authors and publishers claiming their share. The law firm representing the authors describes this as the largest known copyright recovery in history. The company still faces additional copyright lawsuits from other authors who argue the per-book payment amount is insufficient.