Anthropic Disputes Music Labels' Lawsuit Alleging Copyright Infringements in AI Training
Summary:
Anthropic, the AI firm behind the model Claude, has responded to a lawsuit filed by several music labels, including Universal Music Group, alleging copyright infringement. The company disputes the claims and argues the case was filed in the wrong court. Anthropic addresses accusations of using its AI tool to procure copyrighted song lyrics, stating the tool is not designed for that purpose and any occurrence is a "bug". The lawsuit is one of many ongoing legal battles between AI developers and creative industries over alleged copyright infringement during AI model training.
The AI firm Anthropic, creators of the AI model Claude, has responded to a lawsuit filed by several music companies, including Universal Music Group (UMG), alleging copyright violation. Anthropic filed its rebuttal on January 16, claiming that not only are the accusations of the claimants incorrect, but the court in which the case was filed is also unsuitable. "The allegations of irreparable damage by the plaintiffs lack credibility at first glance. At the appropriate time and in the right judiciary, the plaintiffs will have ample scope to put their substantive legal arguments to test."
The original allegations from Universal Music Group, Concord Publishing, and ABKCO Music & Records suggested that Anthropic had made "illegal" usage and "unauthorised" duplication and distribution of a vast array of their copyrighted material while programming its artificial intelligence models. In response, Anthropic labelled these allegations as not only an "assault on this emergent class of digital tools," but a gross misunderstanding of both the technology and the legal perspective.
The claimants also voiced their objections to Anthropic utilising its generative AI tool to obtain copyrighted song lyrics. Anthropic clarified that their tool is "not intended to reproduce copyrighted content" and if this was occurring it was simply a "glitch" that circumvented its safeguards. The initial complaint made reference to at least 500 songs from well-known artists such as Beyonce, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys, stating that the AI had breached their copyright.
Rebuffing these allegations, Anthropic stated that the music companies had presented "zero proof" or even identified a notable subset of users, besides themselves, who input prompts that resulted in the generation of copyrighted lyrics. “Ordinary individuals wouldn't utilise one of the most technologically advanced and potent generative AI tools to display what they can more easily and swiftly locate using standard web browsers.”
Anthropic was established by ex-employees of OpenAI, creators of ChatGPT, and has secured investment from heavyweights such as Google and Amazon. The clash with Anthropic is one amongst many continuing legal battles between AI developers and a myriad of creative publishers, artists and businesses accusing them of some degree of copyright violation during the construction of AI models. Another noteworthy example of such disputes includes the recent lawsuit from the New York Times against OpenAI, where the news organisation accuses the AI model of posing a threat to its journalistic integrity by plagiarising its content and making it freely accessible to end-users.
Published At
1/18/2024 3:36:58 PM
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