SMRTR AIAug 23, 2026TechCrunch

Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated

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Training AI on copyrighted books sits in a legal gray zone. A landmark ruling ordered Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion, not for AI training itself, which was deemed lawful, but for pirating books from illegal sources. Courts generally allow AI training unless it directly competes with the original work's market.

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