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Magistrate Judge van Keulen grants Anthropic’s request to seal names of 2 datasets used to train Claude

Anthropic scored a big discovery victory last week. Magistrate Judge van Keulen granted Anthropic’s request to seal the names of 2 datasets it used to train its AI model, Claude. AI companies are guarding the names of the datasets they used to train like their crown jewels, especially after the copyright lawsuits started. Excerpt from…
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Bartz v. Anthropic parties file briefs on Google Books initial copying and fair use. Judge Alsup also tells parties he’s likely to go inactive status before end of 2025.

At Thursday’s hearing on Anthropic’s motion for summary judgment on fair use, Judge William Alsup told the parties he’s inclined to find in favor of Anthropic’s fair use defense (though he could change his mind). But he asked the parties to brief a question on the main precedent relied on by Anthropic: “(1) “In the…
Read more: Bartz v. Anthropic parties file briefs on Google Books initial copying and fair use. Judge Alsup also tells parties he’s likely to go inactive status before end of 2025.
Bartz files supplementary brief re: class certification. Shows difficulty of defining a common class.

One of the sleeper issues in the lawsuits filed by book authors against Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and others is whether the courts will certify a class of book authors in any of the lawsuits. Last week, Judge Alsup was the first federal judge to consider a motion for class certification in one of these AI…
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Has AI innovation in U.S. stalled? Ominous signs from Meta, per WSJ

According to the Wall Street Journal, Meta has delayed the launch of its flagship AI model called Behemoth due to apparent lackluster improvements over the prior generation of Meta AI models. The article also reports delays at Anthropic for its Claude 3.5 Opus model. These developments show that the path to AI development and innovation…
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Anthropic’s own data scientist submits declaration apparently with hallucinated citation. Oh my.

Apparently, the hallucinations keep rolling. At today’s discovery hearing in Concord Music v. Anthropic, the lawyer for the plaintiffs informed the court of their suspicion that Anthropic’s declaration on statistical sampling from their own data scientist Olivia Chen contained a citation to a fake source on p. 3, as highlighted below: According to Annelise Levy,…
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Anthropic files motion to dismiss Concord Music’s first amended complaint

In Concord Music v. Anthropic, Anthropic filed a motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint. The hearing is set for July 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 7, 4th Floor before Judge Eumi K Lee.
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Concord Music, Anthropic disagree over sealing parts of First Am. Complaint

The parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic dispute whether parts of the First Amended Complaint should sealed. DOWNLOAD THE BRIEFS:
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Judge Alsup ask parties to address 5 hypothetical cases probing whether fair use analysis is affected by pirated book

Judge Alsup has asked the parties in Bartz v. Anthropic to address 5 hypothetical cases. These questions appear to be testing whether the fair use analysis is affected if the source of the work used by the defendant is a pirated source, in Judge Alsup’s Case 2, the “notorious counterfeiter knowns as Books ‘R” Cheap.…
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Anthropic files summary judgment motion on fair use in case by Bartz and other writers

In addition to Meta’s motion for partial summary judgment on fair use, we now have a second motion, this one brought by Anthropic, in the lawsuit filed by Andrea Bartz and other writers. Here’s a preview of the arguments by Anthropic: Download the brief below: Related Stories:
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Anthropic scores dismissal of secondary liability, DMCA CMI claims of Concord Music. Judge Lee grants leave to amend.

Anthropic just scored a decent victory at the motion to dismiss stage. Judge Lee granted Anthropic’s motions to dismiss the music publishers Concord Music and others’ claims against Anthropic
Read more: Anthropic scores dismissal of secondary liability, DMCA CMI claims of Concord Music. Judge Lee grants leave to amend.