We’re at a point where pretty much every major AI company has been hit with a lawsuit from creators. Anthropic AI is no exception, as the company was under legal fire for allegedly stealing copyrighted song lyrics. Well, Anthropic is fighting yet another lawsuit and this one is from writers.
We’re sure that everyone, including the companies being sued, saw this coming since the start of the AI boom. AI companies across the internet have been scraping lifetimes’ worth of data in order to train their AI models. These models will then go on to power AI tools that will replace the people whose content the companies stole. Obviously, the people who own the stolen content and the companies that profit from it have been raising the flags of war against these companies.
Right now, we’re still waiting for sort of definitive answer as to whether the practices of these AI companies are legal. We’re still waiting for the verdict of the massive lawsuit from The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft. There are also other lawsuits in the air that could steer the AI industry in either direction.
Anthropic was hit with another lawsuit
The bigger they are, the harder it is for them to avoid lawsuits. The Google and Amazon-backed AI startup Anthropic is the creator of the powerful Claude model. This company is now under fire from several writers. These writers include Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson. The lawsuit alleges that Anthropic pirated versions of their copyrighted works to train its Claude model.
Right now, the act of using copyrighted material to train chatbots is still in a legal gray area. So, if the company did use copyrighted materials, it might not be an open-and-shut case.
On Tuesday, an Anthropic spokesperson mentioned that the company knows about the lawsuit. However, they did not comment further. Also, neither lawyer involved in the case delivered a comment. So, we’re going to have to wait for more information as this case unfolds.
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