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A federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books without authors’ permission
The ruling isn't a guarantee for how similar cases will proceed, but it lays the foundations for a precedent that would side with tech companies over creatives.
Federal judge William Alsup ruled that it was legal for Anthropic to train its AI models on published books without the authors’ permission. These lawsuits often depend on how a judge interprets fair use doctrine, a notoriously finicky carve out of copyright law that since 1976 — a time before the internet, let alone the concept of generative AI training sets. Companies like Meta have made similar fair use arguments in defense of training on copyrighted works, though before this week’s decision, it was less clear how the courts would sway.
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