Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging copyright infringement

Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Look Up Say More Switch Off Creator Playbook Mashable Voices Trending Now Mashable Selects Safety Net Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List In My Bag All Series The lawsuit claims the AI company is engaging in the most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history. Sony Music and Warner just filed a lawsuit alleging that Anthropic developed Claude models using stolen music. Music giants Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have just filed a potentially multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Anthropic, and the publishers aren't mincing words. The lawsuit, filed Friday evening in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, calls Anthropic the culprits behind one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history. Sony and Warner also named Anthropic CEO and cofounder Dario Amodei and cofounder Benjamin Mann in the lawsuit.