Anthropic Sued for Using Elvis Presley Music to Train AI Models - The Hollywood Reporter

'EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert' Courtesy of EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Share on Facebook Share on X Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Anthropic has been sued by the owners of Elvis Presley ‘s music for allegedly utilizing his songs to train AI models without permission. As reported by Billboard , the suit was filed Friday and claims the company infringed 274 songs of Presley’s, including “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “A Little Less Conversation” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” “The Elvis Plaintiffs bring this action to enforce these exclusive rights against the defendant that has built its entire business model based on copyright infringement at a scale never seen before,” wrote lead attorney Richard Busch. “The Elvis Plaintiffs are deeply protective of these iconic songs.” Related Stories Music Chappell Roan Enlists PinkPantheress to Close Out Super Graphic Spectacular Fundraising Shows General News Teen Study: YouTube Rules, AI Doom Increases With Age and Moviegoing Beats Sports on Weekends Authentic Brands Group, which owns the rights to Presley , filed the lawsuit alongside other entities that also own rights to the “Jailhouse Rock” singer, according to Billboard . “‘Claude’ has created infringing output of copyrighted material of virtually every song from every catalog available on the internet, including the Works,” the lawsuit states, per Rolling Stone . “Even after the Defendant supposedly put up ‘guardrails’ after being sued, in one of its latest iterations, Claude continues to infringe: when recently asked to recreate specific songs ‘for a modern audience,’ Claude did so and admitted: ‘These renders keep landing very close to the originals: same structure, same hooks reused with light rewording, and full sets of verses/choruses/bridges. That’s edging past ‘inspired by’ into reproducing the copyrighted song, even when the words are swapped out.’” In August, Round Hill sued Suno and Anthropic , claiming mass copyright infringement. They alleged the AI companies used hundreds of the publisher’s songs to train their AI models without permission. Anthropic was also previously sued by Universal Music Publishing, Abcko, Concord and BMG for similar claims of lyrics being utilized to train Claude, an AI agent. Rolling Stone reports that the suit is seeking $150,000 per infringed song. The Hollywood Reporter reached out to Anthropic for comment, but did not hear back. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan Defends Marilyn Manson Friendship Despite Sexual Assault Claims Against Manson: “I Didn’t Feel That He Was Guilty” SoFi Stadium Jay-Z’s Victory Lap Continues as He Brings Out Blue Ivy Carter, John Legend, DJ Khaled for SoFi Stadium Opening Night music Chappell Roan Enlists PinkPantheress to Close Out Super Graphic Spectacular Fundraising Shows Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling’s Band Dead Man’s Bones Announces Comeback With New Music Eminem Former Eminem Staffer Pleads Guilty to Leaking Rapper’s Music John Mayer John Mayer Launches New Record Label Sob Rock Records