Anthropic’s $1.5 billion piracy settlement has been approved by a judge

A federal judge signed a $1.5 billion settlement of Anthropic with authors who accused the company of training its AI models on copyrighted books, as he said before and Reuters. In order on MondayJudge Araceli Martínez-Olguín writes that this settlement will provide “meaningful relief,” giving authors about $3,000 for each book that was allegedly tested by Anthropic.

“We are happy that more than 91% of the authors and publishers who were affected by the payment have taken their part,” Anthropic’s chief consultant Aparna Sridhar says. Reuters. “We look forward to resolving this matter.” Anthropic is still facing copyright charges from Chicken Soup for the Soul and several other authors who argue that $3,000 per book is not enough.