Anthropic's landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved

A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors and publishers, ruling that training AI models on copyrighted text constitutes fair use. The settlement delivers $3,000 per work across ~500,000 copyrighted works, establishing a precedent for AI training on protected content.

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