Key facts
- Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic.
- The lawsuit alleges Anthropic illegally downloaded and used copyrighted music.
- The alleged use of copyrighted material was for training Anthropic's AI model, Claude.
- The plaintiffs accuse Anthropic of blatant theft of intellectual property.
Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Anthropic, alleging that the company illegally downloaded and used copyrighted music to train its AI model, Claude. The lawsuit accuses Anthropic of "blatant theft" of intellectual property.
The legal action highlights ongoing concerns within the creative industries regarding the use of copyrighted material for training AI models without proper licensing or compensation.