Writers Sue AI Company Antrophic For Copyright Infringement

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

August 22, 2024

Writers Sue AI Startup Antropphic for Copyright Infringement. The case was filed in California federal court on a complaint that the company used their books and hundreds of thousands of literary works to train the Claude chatbot.

KEY FACTS

The complaint was filed by three people—writers Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson—who allege that Anthropic used pirated versions of their and other works to train Claude.
An Anthropic spokesman said the company was aware of the lawsuit but declined to comment further. The authors’ lawyer also refused to comment to Reuters.
In their complaint, the authors claim that Anthropic has “built a multi-billion dollar business by stealing hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books.

ACCENT

The lawsuit filed Monday is the second against Anthropic. In October of last year, a complaint by Universal Music accused the startup of committing systemic violations by using copyrighted song lyrics.

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TANGENT

This isn’t the first time a tech company has come under fire from copyright laws over the way it trains its AI models. In March this year, Google was fined a whopping €250m for breaches of EU intellectual property rules after media outlets such as France Presse complained that the tech giant had been training its Gemini chatbot on media posts and news agencies without the companies being notified.

Visual artists are also suing tech companies that train their AI models on their works.

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Cyprus Expected Working Life Reaches 39.5 Years, Above EU Average

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

July 20, 2026

People in Cyprus are expected to spend 39.5 years in the workforce, around two years longer than the European Union average of 37.5 years, according to the latest Eurostat data for 2025.

The figure places Cyprus among the EU countries with the longest expected working lives.

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Cyprus Ranks Above EU Average

Only a handful of member states recorded higher figures than Cyprus. The Netherlands topped the ranking at 44 years, followed by Sweden at 43.4 years, Denmark at 42.6 years, and Estonia at 41.5 years.

At the other end of the ranking were Romania with 32.7 years, Italy with 33.0 years, Bulgaria with 34.6 years and Greece with 35.3 years.

Gender Gap Remains Wider Than EU Average

Men in Cyprus are expected to remain in work for 42.1 years, compared with 36.7 years for women. The gap of 5.4 years exceeds the EU average gender gap of 4.1 years.

Across the bloc, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were the only countries where women were expected to spend longer in employment than men. Finland recorded the smallest positive gender gap at 0.7 years.

Italy posted the widest gap at 8.9 years, followed by Romania at 6.9 years, Greece at 6.7 years and Malta at 6.3 years.

Working Lives Continue To Lengthen

Between 2016 and 2025, expected working life in Cyprus increased by 3.5 years, placing the country among the strongest performers in the EU over the period. Men’s expected working life rose by 3.3 years, while women’s increased by 3.6 years.

Across the EU, every member state recorded an increase. Malta posted the largest gain at 4.9 years, followed by Hungary and Ireland at 4.2 years each, and the Netherlands at 4.1 years.

Malta’s increase was driven largely by women, whose expected working life rose by 7.8 years, the biggest increase recorded across the bloc.

By comparison, Romania, Spain, Italy, Germany and Austria recorded gains of two years or less over the same period.

Women’s Working Lives Increase Faster Across Europe

Women’s expected working life increased faster than men’s in most EU countries. Denmark, Romania, Sweden and Greece were the main exceptions.

In Cyprus, gains for men and women were broadly similar, alongside Bulgaria, Belgium and Slovenia.

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