Stakeholders said Anthropic trained its models on 250-plus Elvis songs and demanded $41 million in compensation.
By Steve Dent Oct. 26, 2026 7:23 am EST Snap Spot/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Google DiscoverA new lawsuit over a modern issue, AI copyright infringement, reaches back into the past. The owners of Elvis Presley's music just sued Anthropic for $41 million, claiming the AI company trained its models on 274 Elvis songs without permission, The New York Times reported. That amount for a single artist who died nearly 50 years ago shows how expensive alleged musical plagiarism can be for AI companies.
