Anthropic sued over Elvis songs used to train Claude

Copyright holders of Elvis Presley's music catalog have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic. The suit alleges that the company used copyrighted songs to train its Claude AI chatbot without authorization.
Why it matters
This case is part of a growing wave of litigation regarding the use of intellectual property in training generative AI models.
Oct 26 (Reuters) - A group of entities that own copyrights in Elvis Presley's song catalog has sued Anthropic in California federal court…
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