Gary Marcus Calls Out Anthropic for Distilling Millions of Copyrighted Books
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-07-23
Gary Marcus amplified accusations against Anthropic, claiming the AI lab 'distilled' millions of copyrighted books without permission and knowingly used pirated materials for training.
The underlying post criticizes the broader U.S. AI ecosystem for relying on similar 'theft and extraction,' calling out the hypocrisy of condemning Chinese companies (like Moonshot AI) for similar distillation practices.
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