Anthropic backs open weights but faces a $1.5B copyright settlement

JFPuget · x · 2026-07-28

Dario Amodei’s post says Anthropic broadly supports open-weight models for expanding access, competition, and customer control, but argues that distillation concerns should be handled through targeted legal and commercial frameworks.

The accompanying image highlights the wider legal backdrop: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion in an AI copyright settlement, with at least $3,000 per copyrighted work it allegedly pirated for training data.

Related event: Anthropic Clarifies Open Weights Stance: No Ban, but Mandatory Testing for Powerful Models(25 posts)→

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