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Anthropic trained Claude on illegally obtained Stanford professors' books

Anthropic trained Claude on illegally obtained Stanford professors' books
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Anthropic was found to have used illegally obtained works from Stanford academics as part of a $1.5 billion copyright settlement.

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  • •It was revealed that works from at least 10 Stanford academics were pirated as part of a $1.5 billion copyright settlement.
  • •Anthropic used these illegally obtained academic materials to train its AI model, Claude.
  • •The incident symbolizes large-scale copyright infringement in the AI industry and the resulting massive settlement payment.
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