Court Grants Final Approval of $1.5 Billion Anthropic Copyright Settlement

Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot

A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving AI company Anthropic. The company will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book for using pirated copies to train its Claude chatbot.

Mixed Decision in Anthropic AI Case: Authors Guild Responds to Summary Judgment in Bartz v. Anthropic

On June 23, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a summary judgment order in Bartz v. Anthropic—one of the first major lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using unlicensed books to train […]

Anthropic vs. DoW #6: The Court Rules

Last night, Anthropic was given its preliminary injunction, with a stay of seven days.

Anthropic agrees to work with music publishers to prevent copyright infringement

Anthropic has partly resolved a legal disagreement that saw the AI startup draw the ire of the music industry.

Anthropic sued by authors over alleged misuse of copyrighted works for AI training

The complaint alleges that Anthropic used pirated versions of books by hundreds of thousands of authors to develop its AI models without proper authorization or compensation.

Anthropic sues Trump administration over Pentagon blacklist

The lawsuit says Anthropic is being harmed "irreparably" and could lose hundreds of millions of dollars.

Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Meta Settles With the States for Up to $17 Billion: What the Deal Changes, and What It Doesn't | MDL Update

Meta settled the state AG claims in MDL-3047 on August 26, 2026, ending the federal trial mid-testimony. Up to ~$17B goes to the states over 10 years, and Instagram and Facebook must adopt teen time limits, night blocks, and age assurance. Families' personal-injury claims are carved out and continue.

Will Anthropic stop boasting its “100% vibe coded” computer programs after sending DMCA notices seeking takedown of copies of leaked source code for Claude. Any “100% vibe-coded” program might not be copyrightable

Anthropic found itself in another controversy. But this one, unlike the dispute with the U.S. Department of War, was self-inflicted. On March 31, Anthropic inadvertently disseminated the entire sou…

Anthropic partners with the Gates Foundation

Anthropic is partnering with the Gates Foundation to commit $200 million in grant funding, Claude usage credits, and technical support for programs in global health, life sciences, education, and economic mobility over the next four years.

Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case

New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users

Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceXAI of illegal agreement to slow AI

Anthropic CEO acknowledged potential antitrust hurdles, writing that it would assist if the US government were to mediate ‘or at least enable’ cross-lab discussions

Anthropic employees say they’ll give away billions. Where will it go?

A coming wave of Anthropic wealth could flood EA-aligned nonprofits with cash. Whether that’s good depends on who you ask

Analysis: What Anthropic’s Deal with Music Publishers Does and Doesn’t Do

The January 2 court filing leaves two major questions unsettled, writes Transparency Coalition.ai's Bruce Barcott.

Anthropic has surged to a trillion-dollar valuation on secondary markets, overtaking OpenAI.

Buyers are in a race to secure a dwindling supply of shares in Anthropic, driving the AI company's valuation on some platforms to $1 trillion.