Most obviously, no, nobody in the AI industry is “horrified” by this. Mildly inconvenienced, at worst. Anthropic is playing the role of Horrified, but there’s simply no chance that the courts will rule against Big Money.
Copyright is one of the many laws aimed only at little people. If you pirate a movie or photocopy a book, the omnipresent ‘they’ could come after you, and they’d win, and you’d be facing serious consequences. If you’re big and rich enough to steal from virtually every artist and author alive or dead, it’ll be ruled “fair use.”
Most obviously, no, nobody in the AI industry is “horrified” by this. Mildly inconvenienced, at worst. Anthropic is playing the role of Horrified, but there’s simply no chance that the courts will rule against Big Money.
Copyright is one of the many laws aimed only at little people. If you pirate a movie or photocopy a book, the omnipresent ‘they’ could come after you, and they’d win, and you’d be facing serious consequences. If you’re big and rich enough to steal from virtually every artist and author alive or dead, it’ll be ruled “fair use.”