Elvis Presley Rights Holders Seek $41 Million From Anthropic Over Claude

The rights holders to Elvis Presley’s songs have filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Anthropic, seeking $41 million over the alleged use of his music to train its Claude models.

The suit accuses Anthropic of using 274 songs from Presley’s catalogue in its AI training. The claim brings the late singer’s work into the broader dispute between technology companies and owners of copyrighted content.

At the heart of the case is whether Anthropic used the protected material without authorization. The alleged use remains a claim in the lawsuit, rather than an established finding.

The dispute adds to the pressure on AI developers over the material used to build their models, while highlighting rights holders’ efforts to seek compensation for alleged use of their catalogues.