Legal win for AI industry? A U.S. federal judge ruled that Anthropic鈥檚 use of copyrighted books to train its AI model Claude qualifies as fair use. Judge William Alsup likened it to a writer learning from prior work. However, he found Anthropic liable for copyright infringement for storing over 7 million pirated books in a central repository unrelated to training. That storage was not protected under fair use. Damages could be as high as $150,000 per infraction. A trial in December will address potential damages.
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In the Northern District of California, U.S. federal judge Vince Chhabria, dismissed a copyright lawsuit from 13 authors against Meta. The plaintiffs, which include Sarah Silverman and Ta鈥慛ehisi Coates, claimed Meta improperly used their books to train its Llama AI model. The court found the plaintiffs failed to show market harm or dilution, and granted summary judgment for Meta. The decision applies only to the specific authors involved and does not affirm that Meta鈥檚 data use is lawful across the board.
On , John Oliver skewered the rise of 鈥淎I slop,鈥 mass-produced, low-effort content flooding social media. In previous weeks, I鈥檝e shared anthropomorphic cat dramas, and vlogs from Storm Troopers, Bigfoot and Jesus. It鈥檚 entertaining. It鈥檚 designed to go viral, and earn ad money. But, argues Oliver, it鈥檚 slop that drowns out real content. One landscape designer complains she can鈥檛 find pictures of real gardens on Pinterest anymore.
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