Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling

Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3967x2645+0+0/resize/3967x2645!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcc%2F1a%2F0e2bd2eb4503bf53f3ee7a2ab9f7%2Fgettyimages-2227254922.jpg' alt='AI company Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion dollars to hundreds of thousands of authors in a landmark copyright infringement settlement. But some authors have mixed feelings about the outcome.'/><p>Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.<br></p><p>(Image credit: RICCARDO MILANI/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5904606' />