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AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Davriellelouna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/05/anthropic-settlement-ai-book-lawsuit

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  • moody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So… how long does it take before a company stops being called a startup?

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    • scintilla@crust.piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Probably once they can stand on their own merits and make a profit. So never in the case of AI companies.

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    • LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Lmao, right. 1.5 Billy just laying around? Probably not much of a startup anymore…

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    • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Once it starts actually generating profits id assume. Or in most cases once it gets bought out.

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      • balder1991@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yeah, the definition is (or at least used to be) that a startup doesn’t have a business model yet.

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    • dwemthy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      When they’re weaned from the teat of round after round of investment

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Where are they getting $1.5 billion from? Is this business actually profitable?

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    • Hackworth@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      $13B Series F

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      • Botzo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        $500 million in run-rate revenue

        Absolutely astounding that they can raise $13B on a sixth round of funding on that.

        For the less finance jargon savvy, “run-rate revenue” just means projected annual revenue.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Series F

        Does this imply that it’s the sixth round?

        Goddamn.

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      • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yikes.

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    • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Monopoly money using image generation ML tech for the design. Special partnership with HP for printing these notes.

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    • dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wouldn’t doubt it for a second. They create a product they can easily gaslight all the corporate chumps into buying, and by the time they realize there’s 0 roi on it, it’s already too late

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      • pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        At least I can enjoy stupid corporate leaders lapping up the dogfood they’re told to eat, except for the pain workers and real people suffer as a result of this yheft, trash and grift.

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    • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They just did a fundraising round and raised like $13b

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      • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Haha what a funny way to say massive fraud and money laundering

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      • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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  • reksas@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    ah yes, a “startup” that has at least 1.5 billion

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  • aramis87@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is any of that money actually going to the authors, or is this just like a fine they hand over and they donate some money to a charity or something?

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    • yeahiknow3@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Don’t be silly.

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  • Lenggo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Glad to see they have to pay up but what was different about this compared to the similar case that Meta won the other day?

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    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Meta has more money and is apparently immune from consequences?

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      • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        No if you pay the president enough he will let you commit crimes against humanity.

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    • Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s not really a good thing though. $1.5bil will be a drop in the bucket for them. This is a settlement, which means it won’t set any legal precedence.

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  • humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Everyone cheering for this will see no benefit from it.

    Rubes.

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  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Now that is how you build a Mote

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  • Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Next time don’t download the pirate library.

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    • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Next time don’t get caught downloading the pirate library.

      FTFY

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