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UMG Can’t Stop Anthropic AI Training In Lyrics Copyright Lawsuit, Judge Rules

Universal Music Group’s lost a bid for an order blocking artificial intelligence company Anthropic from using copyrighted lyrics to train AI models.

A federal judge has refused Universal Music Group’s request for an injunction that would have immediately blocked artificial intelligence company Anthropic PBC from using copyrighted lyrics to train future AI models. In decision issued Tuesday, Judge Eumi K. Lee ruled that it remained an “open question” whether using copyrighted materials to train AI is illegal – meaning UMG and other music companies could not show that they faced the kind of “irreparable harm” necessary to win such a drastic remedy. The case is one of many lawsuits, filed by authors, newspapers, musicians and other creatives, that will test whether AI companies are breaking the law by taking the fundamental step in creating their technology – a potentially trillion-dollar question in the booming industry.

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