Anthropic trains AI on works by Korea authors without permission

U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) corporations Anthropic appear to have used works by Korea writers including Han Kang and Hwang Seok-young without permission to train its AI chatbot Claude. About 500,000 titles are eligible for compensation, with damages of about $3,000 (about 4.35 million won) per work. Korea authors can receive compensation if they take part in the claims process. Works by Korea writers included in the compensation list are Kim Ae-ran's "My brilliant life"; Kim Young-ha's "Your republic is calling you" and three others; Kim Suum's "One person"; Shin Kyung-sook's "Please look after mom" and two others; Han Kang's "Human acts" and two others; Hwang Sun-mi's "The hen who dreamed she could fly"; and Hwang Sok-yong's "The guest." The Korean Publishers Association the previous day issued an appeal urging transparent…

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