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Judge rules Anthropic's AI training on copyrighted materials is fair use
Anthropic has received a mixed result in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who claimed the company used their copyrighted creations without permission. On the positive side for the artificial intelligence company, senior district judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California determined that Anthropic's training of its AI tools on copyrighted works was protected as fair use.
Developing large language models for artificial intelligence has created a copyright law boondoggle as creators attempt to protect their works and tech companies [...]
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