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Anthropic gets partial fair-use win in US book authors' copyright case

By Amy Miller ( June 24, 2025, 16:27 GMT | Insight) -- Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was “exceedingly transformative” and didn't violate US copyright law, US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco has ruled. But the AI company will have to face a trial over the alleged copying of millions of "pirated" books, Alsup said. Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was “exceedingly transformative” and didn't violate US copyright law, a US judge in San Francisco ruled today....

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