Published: December 2, 2025
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So, there’s a $1.5 billion judgement against Anthropic for including 480,000 books in training their AIs. Five of my books are among them. Word is, there might be $1,500 payout per book, according to my agent Max Brockman. I wrote him the following:
If any payment comes to me, please send it back to Anthropic with my thanks for including my books in their AIs. The judgement website offers a way to opt out of the payment, but I found it cumbersome, so I didn’t. (I’m principled but too lazy to be highly principled.)
Indeed, I invited Max to do that.