This piece has been updated to add additional context and clarify some details.Anthropic, the AI startup that’s long presented itself as the industry’s safe and ethical choice, is now facing legal penalties that could bankrupt the company. Damages resulting from its mass use of pirated books would likely exceed a billion dollars, with the statutory maximum stretching into the hundreds of billions.Last week, William Alsup, a federal judge in San Francisco, certified a class action lawsuit against...