Anthropic agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of authors alleging that the AI company illegally pirated their copyrighted books to use in training its AI models. The parties in the lawsuit filed a motion indicating the agreement with the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.

We don't yet know the terms of the settlement. Justin Nelson, lawyer for the authors, told CNET via email that more information will be announced soon. "This historic settlement will benefit all class members," he said. "We look forward to announcing details of the settlement in the coming weeks." Anthropic didn't respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

This settlement is the latest update in a string of legal moves and rulings between the AI company and authors. Earlier this s

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