A federal judge on Monday ordered the court to slow-roll a proposed $1.5 billion settlement to authors whose copyrighted works Anthropic pirated to train its Claude AI models. Judge William Alsup, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, said the deal is "nowhere close to complete," and he will hold off on approving it until more questions are answered.

Alsup's concerns seem to be around making sure authors have enough notice to join the suit, according to Bloomberg . In class action settlements, members can "get the shaft" once the terms are announced, Alsup said, which is why he wants more information from the parties before approval. Alsup also called out the authors' attorneys for adding additional lawyers (and their subsequent legal fees) to the case, wh

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