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Anthropic's Claude AI fined for scanning and destroying rare books

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Anthropic's Claude AI model is reportedly scanning and destroying rare books, a practice that has led to significant fines. Despite previous penalties for illegal scanning, a court has permitted Anthropic to continue this process for model training, provided the scanned materials are destroyed. AI

IMPACT This situation highlights potential legal and ethical challenges in AI training data acquisition, impacting how models are developed and regulated.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a fine and court ruling related to AI model training practices, which falls under commentary on policy and legal aspects.

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Anthropic's Claude AI fined for scanning and destroying rare books

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Anthropic claude is scanning and destroying rare, hard to find books in millions They were fined billions of dollars recently for illegally scanning the books

    🤖 Anthropic claude is scanning and destroying rare, hard to find books in millions They were fined billions of dollars recently for illegally scanning the books. But a court judge allowed them illegally scanning the books to train their model as long as they destroy it. Now they …

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