Elvis Presley’s rights holders sue Anthropic over USD 41 million AI copyright infringement claim

Don’t Be Cruel to the King’s catalogue. That is the message from Elvis Presley’s rights holders, who have filed a $41 million lawsuit against Anthropic over 274 songs they say were used to train its AI models without permission.

The lawsuit was filed by Authentic Brands Group, the licensing platform that controls Presley’s intellectual property, along with other companies, trusts and individuals who own rights to his music. It states: “Defendant has built its entire business model based on copyright infringement at a scale never seen before.”