Anthropic Accused of 'Distilling' Books for $1.5B After Calling Out China
kevinsxu · x · 2026-07-22
Following Anthropic's previous accusations against Chinese AI companies for "distilling" its models, this post highlights a sharp ironic contrast.
Quoting a report that Anthropic just paid $1.5 billion to settle copyright lawsuits for using books to train its models, the author uses the term "distilling" sarcastically to point out the double standards in data usage practices.
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