Anthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models
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Authentic Brands Group says AI company infringed on rights of songs by the King such as Can’t Help Falling in Love The owners of Elvis Presley ’s music catalogue are suing artificial intelligence ( AI ) company Anthropic for allegedly using Presley’s songs to train their models without permission. A
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A vintage recording studio with a large reel-to-reel tape machine and speakers blaring Elvis Presley's 'Can't Help Falling in Love.' A tech worker in headphones is frantically typing on a laptop, trying to code a music recognition algorithm.
Caption: Oops, looks like we accidentally taught AI to moonwalk all over your copyright.
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Based on the original story on theguardian.com.
Editor's note
The lawsuit against Anthropic raises critical questions about the ethical use of copyrighted material in AI training, highlighting the tension between technological advancement and respect for intellectual property. It's a stark reminder that the design and development of AI must include thoughtful considerations for the rights and consent of creators.
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Panel 1
A dimly lit room with vintage posters of Elvis Presley. A RECORDING ENGINEER is listening intently to a pair of headphones, with a stack of vinyl records and a computer screen displaying lines of code. Recording Engineer (muttering to himself)
Recording Engineer: How did we end up training AI on 'Suspicious Minds'?
Panel 2
A sleek, modern AI development lab. ANTHROPIC ENGINEER is staring at a screen filled with complex algorithms, with a wall-mounted display showing an AI-generated image of Elvis Presley's face. The room is filled with high-tech gadgets and screens. Anthropic Engineer (to a colleague)
Anthropic Engineer: We used every Elvis song in our dataset. Who knew they owned the rights to digital minds?
Panel 3
A court room. ELVIS'S LEGAL TEAM (in sharp suits) and ANTHROPIC'S LEGAL TEAM (in casual tech gear) are facing each other across a long table. The judge looks confused, with a poster of Elvis Presley in the background. Elvis's Legal Team (sardonically) Anthropic's Legal Team (defensively) Judge (bewildered)
Elvis's Legal Team: Your honor, they used Elvis to teach machines how to love.
Anthropic's Legal Team: We swear, it was just for the sake of 'Can't Help Falling in Love' with data.
Judge: Is this some kind of digital karaoke?
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