# “First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/first-of-its-kind-ai-settlement-anthropic-to-pay-authors-1-5-billion/213710>\
**Category:** AI In The News\
**Tags:** via-news-bot, anthropic\
**Created:** [5 September 2025 23:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/first-of-its-kind-ai-settlement-anthropic-to-pay-authors-1-5-billion/213710 "2025-09-05T23:50:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [5 September 2025 23:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/first-of-its-kind-ai-settlement-anthropic-to-pay-authors-1-5-billion/213710/1 "2025-09-05T23:50:10Z")

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> Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.

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> **[“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/first-of-its-kind-ai-settlement-anthropic-to-pay-authors-1-5-billion/)**
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> Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.

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**Author:** ![alvinkatojr](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/alvinkatojr/32/6613_2.png) [@alvinkatojr](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/alvinkatojr)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2025 11:34 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/first-of-its-kind-ai-settlement-anthropic-to-pay-authors-1-5-billion/213710/2 "2025-09-08T11:34:52Z")

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“First of its kind”, my foot. As per the article, each author will only receive $3000 per book. But as usual, the lawyers will be laughing all the way to the bank.