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Policy & safety · 28 October 2026

Anthropic trains Claude on Stanford professors' books obtained illegally

A Hacker News post claims Anthropic trained its Claude model on books by Stanford professors that were obtained illegally.

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Audit training data sources for Claude; using unlicensed books could trigger lawsuits and damage product reputation.

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