Anthropic Sued by Sony, Warner for Copyright Infringement

AI firm Anthropic is facing a new major copyright lawsuit from Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, accuses Anthropic of "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history." The document claims Anthropic illegally torrented, scraped, and downloaded copyrighted works on a massive scale to build its AI models. Specifically, it alleges the company used BitTorrent to download lyrics and sheet music for hundreds of musical compositions, including songs like "Livin' On a Prayer" and "Hallelujah." The publishers are seeking $150,000 per infringed work, potentially leading to over a billion dollars in damages. This new action follows a previous lawsuit from Universal Music Group and others, seeking up to $3 billion for similar claims. This could impact how AI models are trained and developed in the future.