Anthropic's Lawyers Blame AI for Citation Error in Copyright Case

Imagine a company called Anthropic that makes AI.

They are being sued by music companies because their AI, Claude, may have used music lyrics without permission.

During the lawsuit, Anthropic's lawyers used an expert report.

However, the report had a mistake: a fake reference created by Claude.

The lawyers admitted this was a mistake.

They said the AI made up a title and author.

This is called an 'AI hallucination' where the AI makes up information.

The court is concerned because it could affect the case.

The lawyers said they are improving their review process to prevent this in the future.