An army burns a year of unlimited tokens in six weeks

Claim

The Army burned through a year of unlimited tokens in six weeks, while a judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors at about $3,000 per book.

Reported metric: $3,000 per book

Reporting date: 2026-07-21 (not necessarily the event date)

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