Judge rejects Anthropic's record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement for AI copyright lawsuit

Judge William Alsup has rejected Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement in a piracy lawsuit involving 500,000 authors, expressing concerns that the deal was inadequate and potentially harmful to authors. He ordered the lawyers to provide detailed notifications to class members and ensure proper documentation and approval before any preliminary settlement can proceed.

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