Title: Anthropic Sued For Stealing Elvis Presley Music to Train AI: ‘Deeply Protective of These Iconic Songs’ URL Source: https://www.billboard.com/pro/elvis-presley-estate-sues-suno-anthropic/ Published Time: 2026-10-24T14:34:54Z Markdown Content: 10/24/2026 The owners of The King's IP are cracking down on the tech giant, adding one of music's most legendary figures to the massive legal battle over AI music.  Elvis Presley performs on tour in 1972.
The late star's estate sued Anthropic for using his music to build AI without permission.Courtesy Everett Collection The owners of [Elvis Presley](https://www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/)‘s music have launched a legal war over artificial intelligence, suing AI giant Anthropic over accusations that it trained its models on hundreds of the legendary artist’s song without permission.
The new lawsuit, filed Friday (Oct. 23) and first reported by _Billboard_, claims that Anthropic, the tech behemoth behind Claude, infringed 274 of the rock legend’s copyrighted songs, including famed hits like “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “A Little Less Conversation” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” ### Related [](https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-files-to-trademark-her-voice-and-image/) “The Elvis Plaintiffs bring this action to enforce these exclusive rights against the defendant that has built its entire business model based on copyright infringement at a scale never seen before,” writes **Richard Busch**, the lead attorney behind the lawsuit.
“The Elvis Plaintiffs are deeply protective of these iconic songs.” Though music companies like Universal Music Group have already repeatedly sued AI companies for stealing their IP, the new lawsuits represents by far the most high-profile legal action filed on behalf of an individual musician — in this case, arguably the most famous recording artist of all time.
The case was filed by a unit of Authentic Brands Group, the licensing giant that largely controls the intellectual property rights to Elvis, including much of his song catalog, his brand trademarks and the rights to his name, image and likeness.
It was co-filed by various other entities that own Elvis rights. Like other AI firms, Anthropic is already facing numerous lawsuits over the process of “training” their models to create new ones, which involves ingesting millions of existing works without permission.