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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs

Mariah Carey performing during All I Want For Christmas Is You Tour in New York
Music publishers have claimed Anthropic’s models ‘scraped’ smash hits including Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for MC

All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot.

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music publishers who manage the copyright of songs on behalf of songwriters and composers, are seeking damages for alleged misuse of “tens of thousands” of copyrighted works by Anthropic.

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