ANTHROPIC. The Anthropic logo, a keyboard, and a robotic hand are shown in this illustration created on June 5, 2026.
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US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin grants final approval of the settlement, the largest known settlement of a US copyright case, rejecting arguments that it was too small
A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday, July 20, signed off on artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s landmark $1.5-billion settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot Claude.
US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval of the settlement, the largest known settlement of a US copyright case, rejecting arguments that it was too small.
