In a hearing yesterday for the California-based Federal case of authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson versus Anthropic for the training of the tech company’s AI model, Judge William Alsup gave a balanced indication of his thoughts on the matter, Bloomberg Law reports. “I’m inclined to say they did violate the Copyright Act but the subsequent uses were fair use,” Alsup said. “That’s kind of the way I’m leaning right now.” Alsup noted that he still has to make his final decision. “Sometimes I say that and change my mind,” he said. That line of thinking could […]
