Anthropic's $1.5B book settlement sparks author-publisher clash

anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers over its use of illegally downloaded books to train chatbot claude has descended into chaos. authors and publishers are filing competing claims over payouts, with many publishers accused of not keeping accurate records of rights that have reverted to authors. a court-appointed arbitrator will step in to resolve disputes that can't be settled. the settlement covers over 482,000 titles, with anthropic required to pay $3,000 for every illegally downloaded book.