Anthropic used copyrighted music without permission to train its AI models.

"In the #lawsuit... the #music companies claim that #Anthropic has carried out 'a brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading copyrighted works on a massive scale' to train its popular #Claude AI models. Sony and Warner accused Anthropic of having 'reaped enormous profits' from the stolen music." #law #copyright #AI --- https://mashable.com/tech/anthropic-sued-by-sony-music-warner-ai-copyright-infringement

Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic, saying it pirated songs to train its AI https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/31/sony-warner-music-sue-anthropic-saying-it-pirated-songs-to-train-its-ai?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into US & Canada News @us-canada-news-AlJazeera

Sony and Warner have sued Anthropic, alleging the Claude maker pirated thousands of their copyrighted musical compositions. The lawsuit cites internal Anthropic staff chats praising the Zlibrary piracy platform. The music publishers argue the 1.5B USD settlement from earlier this year is insufficient to deter future infringement by a company now valued at 2 trillion USD. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/zlibrary-my-beloved-anthropic-staff-chats-extolling-piracy-cited-in-sony-suit/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIethics