alt Hacker NewsAnthropic also claimed that those pirated books had not been used to train their models.
They've since bought vast numbers of second hand books and scanned those for training, which appears be legal.
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HDThoreaun • yesterday at 5:39 PM
We went through this with Google. Scanning books is legal as long as you then immediately destroy them. Then since training with material you own is fair use they’re good to go.
> which appears be legal.
Interesting phrasing from you, Simon. Is there any legal theory under which it should be illegal?