Anthropic sued for allegedly using Elvis Presley's music to train Claude AI
Source: The Star
Published on: 2026-11-01 02:03
Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up," "Return to Sender" and other hits are at the center of a new legal fight involving San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic. The owners of rights to hundreds of songs made famous by Presley have sued Anthropic, alleging it used the copyrighted works without permission to train its Claude models. The lawsuit, filed Friday, Oct 23, in federal court in San Jose, accuses Anthropic of infringing copyrights in 274 musical compositions, including "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Don't Be Cruel" and "A Little Less Conversation." The plaintiffs include Authentic Brands Group, Raleigh Music Publishing, Abilene Music and several trusts and individuals that say they own or control rights to the compositions. They are seeking at least US$41.1mil (RM166mil) in statutory copyright damages, along with additional damages under federal laws governing technol...
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