Tech Voices: Anthropic copyright win, Ambarella, Uber-Waymo, Amazon

Seeking Alpha’s daily roundup of remarks and statements that could impact the technology sector.

• A federal judge has ruled that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)-backed Anthropic didn’t violate copyright law by using published works to train its LLMs as the AI models “have not reproduced to the public a given work’s creative elements, nor even one author’s identifiable expressive style.”

“The purpose and character of using copyrighted works to train LLMs to generate new text was quintessentially transformative,” U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup wrote in his opinion, according to CNBC. “Like any reader aspiring to be a writer.”

Anthropic is best known for the next-generation AI assistant Claude.

• Chip designer Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) is mulling a possible sale and has reached out to potential buyers.

According to Bloomberg, Ambarella could garner interest from rival chip companies looking to expand their portfolios, along with private equity firms. The company specializes in semiconductors for video security, autonomous driving and robotics systems.

• Uber (NYSE:UBER) and Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Waymo have teamed up to offer robotaxi services in Atlanta. The vehicles will feature Waymo technology embedded into Jaguar I-PACE EVs. Customers can access the vehicles, which will run 24 hours a day, through the Uber app.

“At launch, riders in Atlanta requesting an eligible ride may be matched with an autonomous vehicle. They will need to opt in and accept the match. Riders who decline or fail to confirm the match with a Waymo will automatically be matched with a driver,” Uber said in a blog post on Tuesday.

• Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) said it plans to bring same-day and next-day delivery services to around 4,000 additional small cities and rural communities, with a particular focus on groceries and household essentials.

“In the first quarter of 2025, Amazon’s fast delivery speeds helped drive its everyday essentials selection—comprising groceries and household essentials—to grow more than twice as fast as all other categories in the U.S. Amazon is one of the largest grocers in the U.S., with over $100B in gross sales—even when you exclude sales from Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh,” the company noted in a statement.