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Anthropic’s War on Open-Source AI, or Is It Just Afraid?

Anthropic paid $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit over pirated books used to train its AI, and its terms of service prohibit using Claude to build competing AI systems, raising concerns about its stance on open-source AI.

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It trained on the world, then paid $1.5 billion to settle the pirated books. Its terms say you cannot use Claude to build a competitor… Continue reading on Towards AI »

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