Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell filed a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the AI company misused 'tens of thousands' of copyrighted songs to train its Claude chatbot models. The music publishers are seeking damages for the alleged unauthorized use of their copyrighted works.

Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs By Dan Milmo Global technology editorSource: The Guardian Technology https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology AI company faces multi-billion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude /glossary/claude models All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot /glossary/chatbot . Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music publishers who manage the copyright of songs on behalf of songwriters and composers, are seeking damages for alleged misuse of “tens of thousands” of copyrighted works by Anthropic /glossary/anthropic . Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/31/aanthropic-sued-alleged-theft-songs-ai-train-claude Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.