Anthropic payout piles pressure on UK ministers in AI copyright row

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The publishing industry has urged ministers to force AI companies to license copyrighted content after Anthropic agreed a record $1.5bn (£1.1bn) settlement over its use of pirated books to train AI models.

Dan Conway, chief executive of the Publishers Association, told City AM the agreement should serve as a warning to AI developers operating in https://www.cityam.com/anthropic-payout-piles-pressure-on-uk-ministers-in-ai-copyright-row/">[...]