Technology 9/7: AI company compensates book author with record amount of copyright

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to settle copyright lawsuit

AI company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by book authors who accused the company of using pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot, Claude. If approved by a court, it would be the largest copyright award ever in the AI era.

Statistics show that about 500,000 titles were affected. The settlement calls for about $3,000 per work. The plaintiffs include writer Andrea Bartz and two non-fiction authors, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson, who represent a group of authors whose books were downloaded from pirated websites such as Books3, LibGen and Pirate Library Mirror.

Horror novelist Andrea Bartz and her works. (Source: AP)

In June 2025, Judge William Alsup ruled that training AI with copyrighted books was not illegal, but that Anthropic's downloading of millions of books from pirated sources was.

Legal experts say if the case drags on until a December trial, Anthropic could face billions of dollars in damages – enough to bankrupt the company.

The CEO of the Authors Guild called it a “great result” that sends a strong message to the AI industry about the consequences of unauthorized use of creators’ work. However, European organizations like the Danish Rights Alliance said the agreement does little to help authors outside the United States.

The company said it would destroy all downloaded copies of the book and pledged to develop safe, ethical AI. It has also switched to buying legal books to train its AI, instead of using pirated data as it had in the past.

India races to become global semiconductor hub

Amid geopolitical tensions and the need to diversify supply chains, India is seizing the opportunity to become a new destination for chipmakers, especially as companies look to reduce their dependence on China and Taiwan.

Traditional manufacturing states such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat are stepping up incentives and training programmes to capture opportunities in India's rapidly growing semiconductor industry.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks at a chip manufactured in India during his visit to the Semicon India exhibition in New Delhi on September 3. (Source: PIB)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed the importance of “faith in domestic manufacturing” in his efforts to build an independent semiconductor supply chain at the Semicon India exhibition in New Delhi, an event where states promote incentives to attract international investors.

Despite the Indian government’s pledge of $10 billion in support for the semiconductor industry, states are still competing fiercely for specific projects. Some states that have yet to launch a project are ramping up marketing and infrastructure to catch up.

IFA 2025 – Europe's largest consumer technology show

IFA 2025 – Europe's largest consumer technology exhibition – officially took place in Berlin from September 6 to 9, bringing together a series of big names in the technology industry with breakthrough products, from smart home appliances to AI technology and wearable devices.

Notable products include: Lenovo introduces a laptop with a 90-degree rotating screen, SwitchBot introduces an AI Hub to control smart homes, or Withings upgrades the ScanWatch 2 with AI to predict health and a 35-day battery.

At IFA 2025, Dreame attracted attention with a series of revolutionary smart sanitary equipment, expressing a vision of a modern, clean and automated home.

Cyber X is the world's first robot vacuum cleaner that can climb stairs. Thanks to the Bionic QuadTrack™ system, it can move between floors without human intervention – a major step forward in home automation.

Stair-climbing robot vacuum cleaner introduced at IFA 2025 exhibition. (Source: Dreame)

Besides, there are many other products with automatic cloth changing features such as Maxtrix 10 Ultra, or Miracle Pro misting hair dryer...

IFA 2025 is not only a place to showcase technology, but also a playground for bold ideas that shape the future. Dreame has proven that smart sanitary equipment is not just a gadget – but part of modern, clean and automated life.

Minh Hoan

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