The landmark $1.5 billion settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors alleging wrongful use of copyrighted books to train language models is under judicial review. U.S. District Judge William Alsup expressed serious reservations about the deal, citing concerns over the completeness of the pirated book list and the fairness of compensation distribution between authors and publishers. A subsequent hearing is scheduled to assess responses to these concerns. The outcome will influence future legal boundaries around AI training data usage and copyright protection.