Anthropic is seeking to seal parts of the discovery hearing transcript related to the training datasets Anthropic used. Explains Anthropic: “As set forth in the Gillotte Sealing Declaration, the information that Anthropic seeks to redact reveals the name, source and contents of Anthropic’s datasets for Anthropic’s non- commercial and commercial models of Claude. (Gillotte Sealing Declaration, ¶ 3.) This material reflects Anthropic’s approach to data acquisition, which is one of the most competitively sensitive and closely guarded trade secrets in Anthropic’s business.”
It’s unclear from this brief which party’s attorney mentioned the information related to the datasets that Anthropic is seeking to seal. But, if this information was disclosed in open court (and not in private to Judge Alsup, such as in the equivalent to a side bar or in chambers), I’m not sure a court can seal publicly disclosed information stated in open court. I say this with the caveat I haven’t checked into the case law on this issue.
Excerpt of Anthropic’s brief:
