Archive · 15 Nov 2025

OpenAI and Anthropic Face Lawsuits Over AI Training Data

OpenAI and Anthropic Face Lawsuits Over AI Training Data

Imagine computers that can write stories or create music, like ChatGPT and Claude.

To learn how to do this, they need to read lots of books and listen to lots of songs.

Some people who wrote those books and songs are upset because they believe the computer companies used their work without asking or paying them.

A court in Germany said OpenAI has to pay money for using music without permission.

Another company, Anthropic, already paid a lot of money to authors whose books were used.

This makes us wonder if these AI tools will become more expensive for people to use if the companies have to pay for all the stories and songs they used to learn.

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