Anthropic Sued Over 274 Elvis Songs It Allegedly Fed Claude
Anthropic Sued Over 274 Elvis Songs It Allegedly Fed Claude Elvis Presley died in 1977, which makes him an unlikely plaintiff in a 2026 artificial intelligence lawsuit. That is exactly why this one matters. The owners of his music are not arguing about some obscure B-side nobody remembers. They are arguing that one of the most valuable AI companies on earth built part of its flagship chatbot on the King himself, without asking, without paying, and — their sharpest charge — without stopping even after it was told to. On Friday, October 23, 2026, a subsidiary of Authentic Brands Group, the licensing company that controls much of Presley’s intellectual property, including his name, image, and likeness rights, filed suit against Anthropic in federal court in San Francisco. Billboard reported the case first. Other rights holders joined as co-plaintiffs, and the case is titled ABE EPE LLC v. Anthropic, according to Rolling Stone’s account of the filing. The number at the center of it is ...