Anthropic, an Amazon-backed OpenAI competitor, will face a class-action lawsuit from US authors accusing the company of 'Napster-style downloading of millions of works' for AI model training.

Key Takeaways:

• The class-action lawsuit alleges that Anthropic downloaded up to 7 million copies of books from libraries of pirated works.
• A California federal judge previously ruled that Anthropic didn't infringe on copyright by using legally-purchased books for AI training, but may have in using pirated books.
• This is part of a growing trend of media outlets and platforms suing AI companies over copyright infringement or partnering with them to provide training data.

Heavy users of Anthropic's Claude Code service are experiencing unexpectedly restrictive usage limits, despite paying for the $200 Max plan, leading to confusion and lost productivity.

Key Takeaways:

• Heavy users of the $200 Max plan are experiencing usage limits, which was unexpected and may be unsustainable for Anthropic in the long term.
• Anthropic's pricing system does not guarantee a set level of access, leading to confusion about usage limits and service availability.
• Users are calling for greater transparency from Anthropic about usage limits and service performance.