Anthropic is facing scrutiny in a $75 million copyright lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group and other publishers. The lawsuit accuses Anthropic's AI model, Claude, of being trained on copyrighted song lyrics without permission. A key point of contention is a citation included in the court documents by Anthropic data scientist Olivia Chen, which allegedly references a non-existent academic article to support the claim that Claude rarely reproduces lyrics. This citation was described as a fabrication, potentially generated by Claude itself. During a court hearing, the plaintiffs' attorney labeled it a significant issue, differentiating it from simple citation errors. Anthropic's attorney contended it was a mis-citation. The case underscores the growing legal challenges faced by AI developers concerning copyright issues, with several companies, including OpenAI and Meta, also currently involved in similar legal disputes over alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted material for training AI models. The lawsuit not only seeks damages but also demands disclosure of the training data and the destruction of infringing content.

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