The Anthropic logo.Photographer: Gabby Jones/BloombergSeptember 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM EDTUpdated on September 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM EDTAnthropic PBC will pay at least $1.5 billion plus interest to resolve an authors’ copyright lawsuit over the AI company’s downloading of millions of pirated books, one of the largest settlements over artificial intelligence and intellectual property to date.A request for preliminary approval of the accord, involving one of the fastest-growing AI startups, was filed Fr...