Anthropic Blamed for AI-Generated Source in Legal Battle

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Anthropic Blamed for AI-Generated Source in Song Lyrics Legal Battle

Written by Aaron S.,

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Last Updated: May 15, 2025

Key Takeaways

Anthropic researcher cited a possibly fake paper in court while defending against claims of unauthorized AI training using song lyrics;
The paper, meant to support Anthropic’s argument, may have been generated by its own AI model, Claude;
A judge asked Anthropic to respond formally by May 15, but declined to question the researcher immediately.

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Anthropic Blamed for AI-Generated Source in Song Lyrics Legal Battle

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A legal dispute involving Anthropic, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm, has taken a new turn after one of its researchers cited what appears to be a non-existent academic paper, according to a May 14 report by Reuters.

The reference was included in a court filing by Olivia Chen, a data scientist at the company, as part of its defense against a lawsuit from major music publishers.

Universal Music Group, Concord, ABKCO, and others filed the suit in October 2023, claiming that Anthropic used song lyrics without permission to train its AI model, Claude. The list of artists whose work was allegedly used includes Beyoncé, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys.

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Chen’s filing referred to a paper said to be published in The American Statistician. She said it helped show that Claude only repeats copyrighted lyrics in rare situations.

However, at a hearing in San Jose on May 13, the publishers’ lawyer, Matt Oppenheim, said the article was completely made up. He noted that he did not think Chen invented the source herself, but may have used Claude to generate it.

Anthropic’s legal representative, Sy Damle, responded that the issue seemed to be a mistake in referencing, not a made-up source. He also criticized the plaintiffs for bringing it up late in the process.

Judge Susan van Keulen pointed out that a simple mistake is very different from an AI-generated false source. The judge did not allow immediate questioning of Chen but ordered Anthropic to file a formal response by May 15.

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