This week, news broke that a settlement is near in the case multiple authors brought against Anthropic for the use of their copyrighted works in training the AI model. A wrongful death lawsuit was brought by the parents of a teen who committed suicide, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged the teen to do so. I have linked to the case before, what a tragedy.
Proposed Anthropic Settlement
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/authors-celebrate-historic-settlement-coming-soon-in-anthropic-class-action/
- https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/27/the-threat-of-extreme-statutory-damages-for-copyright-almost-certainly-made-anthropic-settle-with-authors/
Wrongful Death Lawsuit