The owners of Elvis Presley's songs have filed a lawsuit against the American company Anthropic, the creator of the Claude neural network. They accuse the developer of illegally using 274 of the singer's compositions to train artificial intelligence and are demanding $41.1 million in compensation. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
Lawsuit details
According to The Guardian, the lawsuit was filed on October 23 in a federal court in California. Among the plaintiffs are Authentic Brands Group and other rights holders of Presley's musical legacy.
They claim that Anthropic used the lyrics of famous hits, including Can’t Help Falling in Love and All Shook Up, without permission. They are seeking $150,000 for each of the 274 songs.
Additional claims
The plaintiffs also allege that Claude is capable of reproducing fragments of the original works with slight word changes. Taking into account additional claims, the total amount sought could reach $48.6 million.
Anthropic denies the accusations and intends to defend itself in court.
Previous disputes
This is not the company's first copyright dispute. Earlier, Kursiv reported that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit by writers. The developer was accused of using pirated copies of about 500,000 books to train AI.
Other developers are facing similar claims. In August 2026, Kursiv reported that the Munich court sided with the German agency GEMA in a dispute with the music generator Suno. The company was accused of using works without the permission of rights holders.