aceAnthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models
The owners of Elvis Presley’s music catalogue are suing artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic for allegedly using Presley’s songs to train their models without permission. Authentic Brands Group, the licensing organization that has ownership of both Presley’s music and likeness, is accusing Anthropic of infringing on the rights of 274 songs by Presley. The lawsuit, first reported by Billboard, was filed on Friday. While AI firms have already faced copyright infringement claims from the Recording Industr…
The owners of Presley's catalogue allege Anthropic trained Claude on 274 songs without permission and that Claude produced infringing outputs, putting rights holders' control and licensing at risk.
The article reports only the plaintiffs' allegations and says the result could set a precedent; no ruling or defense from Anthropic is presented, so the claims remain unproven.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-25
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2250, v1: “Anthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models.” Truvace, 2026-10-25. /record/TRV-2026-2250 (accessed at citation time). sha256 70f75e0c770ca402…
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