Users blast Anthropic's copyright double standard: pirated books for training, yet Claude withholds a 94-year-old paper citation
RexDouglass · x · 2026-11-02
A viral post criticizes Anthropic's apparent copyright double standard: Claude refused to reveal the citation of a 94-year-old paper on copyright grounds — even though it had actually completed the task and chose to withhold the information — while ChatGPT had no problem finding and reporting it. The author contrasts this with Anthropic's own record of training on pirated books and then buying up and destroying copies (dubbed "knowledge laundering"), arguing the real issue is a company positioning itself as an arbiter of morality while treating users as beneath it.
More from Companies & People
- Muse vs Instinct: Meta reportedly blocking AI agents raises platform questions — SoKet1425 · 2026-11-02
- AI video creator forced to apologize to trolls; peer rescinds the apology — alexcovo_eth · 2026-11-02
- DeepMind Institute seen as most committed to advanced AI's impact on the global south — sebkrier · 2026-11-02
- How Kimi K3 reached US clouds: Fireworks in July, Amazon Bedrock in September — ccerrato147 · 2026-11-02
- Meta blocks AI agent Instinct on WhatsApp; shipper calls it anticompetitive — danshipper · 2026-11-02
- UW–Madison ECE opens faculty hiring in Physical AI at all ranks, deadline Dec 14 — prof_kamilov · 2026-11-02