Owners of the Elvis Presley catalog have sued Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company, for copyright infringement, according to Pitchfork's report on the case. Pitchfork reported that the lawsuit claims Anthropic illegally used 274 songs by "The King" to train its AI model, Claude.

The New York Times reported that the case is a $41 million lawsuit contending that Anthropic used Presley's music to train its models without permission. The Times described the claims in its own story on the filing.

According to The New York Times, Anthropic disagrees with the claims. The summaries of the two reports available for this story do not describe the company's arguments in detail, and neither identifies the court in which the case was filed.

The two accounts differ in emphasis. Pitchfork's summary centers on the 274 songs at issue, while The New York Times centers on the $41 million figure. Neither summary reconciles the two.

Pitchfork's report was written by Hattie Lindert, and The New York Times story was written by Derrick Bryson Taylor. Pitchfork's summary states that the lawsuit concerns Claude, the company's AI model, while the Times summary identifies the suit as one brought by the owners of Presley's music.

Sources: Pitchfork: Elvis Presley Catalog Owners Sue AI Company Anthropic for Copyright Infringement; The New York Times: Owners of Elvis Presley’s Music Sue Anthropic for Copyright Infringement.