Settlement of AI lawsuit gets tentative approval; some writers will get paid, but mostly only if they make claims

On September 25, 2025, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave preliminary (tentative) approval to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement of some of the claims raised in a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic PBC, the developer of the “Claude” generative AI language model and subscription services. […]