Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over Claude training data
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, and other music publishers sued Anthropic, alleging the company used copyrighted music works to train Claude without permission.
Anthropic is a San Francisco-based AI safety and research company dedicated to developing reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. As a Public Benefit Corporation, it focuses on creating AI models that are beneficial and safe, with its flagship product, Claude, exemplifying its commitment to innovative research and practical solutions.
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, and other music publishers sued Anthropic, alleging the company used copyrighted music works to train Claude without permission.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and other signatories warned that organizations may have only months to strengthen defenses against AI enabled cyberattacks.
Anthropic has released the Model Hardware Standard in research preview to help Claude work with robots, lab equipment, and manufacturing hardware.
Salesforce and Anthropic announced Claudeforce, a partnership that brings Salesforce data, permissions, and workflows into Claude through a Salesforce in Claude plugin. The plugin is available to select pilot customers and is planned for open beta in September 2026.
QuEra Computing says Anthropic's Claude developed and validated software that controls a quantum computer laser system, restoring it in seconds across most test faults.
Anthropic has reached a roughly $45 billion cloud deal with Nscale to rent about 460 megawatts of compute capacity from a data center development in West Virginia.
Anthropic is expected to tell investors its total addressable market is more than $30 trillion, above SpaceX's $28.5 trillion estimate.
Alice raised $140 million in a round led by Apax Digital, bringing total funding to $280 million. The company says it is approaching $100 million in annual recurring revenue and works with 8 of the 10 leading AI model labs.
Rocket Money launched Rowan, an AI assistant built with Anthropic that monitors finances through text messages and can handle tasks such as bill negotiation, subscription cancellation, and automated savings transfers.
Bain and Anthropic have formed a global partnership to help companies deploy Claude models across enterprise operations. Bain was also named a Global Premier partner in the Claude Partner Network.
The Agentic AI Foundation has published the schedule for AGNTCon + MCPCon Japan 2026, set for September 10 and 11 in Tokyo. The program will cover standards, security, governance, and production use of AI agents.
The AmeriFlex Group has launched Scout, an AI enabled program that identifies financial advisors who may need succession planning support.
OpenAI is testing Private Safety Processing, an automated safety system for eligible API and enterprise customers that detects misuse across related interactions while keeping Zero Data Retention protections.
Graduate students from MIT and Harvard built AI tools for four nonprofits through the AI for Social Impact Fellowship, with participating organizations now planning broader use.
Cyberhill Partners has announced Cerebro support for Anthropic's Claude Enterprise, adding a context and semantic layer for enterprise data, relationships, rules, and institutional knowledge.
Anthropic reported preliminary second quarter revenue of more than $11.5 billion, up from $787 million a year earlier, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.
Anthropic is adding invisible text watermarks to Claude outputs from models released since Aug. 2 to comply with EU AI Act transparency rules.
Shaires Holdings has announced binding agreements for exposure to private technology and AI companies including Anthropic, Stripe, ByteDance, Moonshot AI, Figure AI, SandboxAQ, and Colossal Biosciences.
Anthropic investors expect the company to seek a valuation above $2 trillion in its planned October IPO, based on rapid revenue growth and annualized run rate projections.
OpenAI is on track to exceed $40 billion in annualized revenue, roughly twice its run rate at the end of 2025. Growth has come from coding tools, subscriptions, advertising, and demand for AI agents.