Summary
Sony Music and Warner Chappell Music are suing AI company Anthropic, alleging it illegally downloaded and scraped thousands of copyrighted songs, including 'I Am the Walrus' and 'Hallelujah,' to train its Claude AI models. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, seeks statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringed song, potentially totaling billions, with Anthropic rejecting the allegations and vowing to defend itself.