Anthropic: French and European Authors, Only a Few Days Left to File a Claim
Many European authors could be compensated for the use of their books in training Anthropic’s Claude AI, but they must act quickly: the deadline for filing a claim under this U.S. settlement is March 30, 2026. This is a deadline that might go unnoticed, but its financial implications are far from negligible. As part of the settlement Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, authors—including Europeans—whose pirated works were used to train the Claude AI may file a claim for compensation until March 30, 2026…. The issue is all the more relevant given that the databases used by Anthropic, notably LibGen and PiLiMi, contain works in French. In other words, thousands of European authors could be affected, often without even knowing it. A massive fund, resulting from a lawsuit over pirated databases The…