Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out

# Anthropic Settles Major Copyright Lawsuit for $1.5 Billion A judge has approved a settlement where Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to authors whose books were used to train its AI without permission, with each author receiving roughly $3,000 per work. Only 350 authors chose to reject this settlement and pursue their own lawsuits instead, meaning the vast majority of the 12,000+ affected authors accepted the deal. While some authors thought they could win more money by suing separately, the court decided this settlement was fair and final.