Day Around the Bay: Owners of Elvis Presley’s Music Sue Anthropic Over AI Training
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Leanne Maxwell (via SFist)
Local:
High tides flooded Bay Area roads and left drivers stranded for a second day Tuesday, prompting officials to urge residents to prepare for more coastal flooding as El Niño conditions develop. [ABC 7]
Bar entrepreneur Nate Valentine is planning a new Polk Gulch bar that would combine the storefronts of longtime dive bar Buccaneer and House of Sushi, though construction may not begin until 2027. [SF Business Times]
After leaving the Bronx in May with $250, Chantz Rivera arrived in the Bay Area nearly two months ahead of schedule, braving El Nino flooding and raising more than $13,000 to support his trip. [SFGate]
National:
The owners of Elvis Presley’s music have sued Anthropic in federal court, alleging the AI company trained its Claude models on 274 Presley songs without permissionand seeking more than $41 million in damages. [New York Times]
The Alexander Brothers, three wealthy real estate executives convicted of drugging and raping dozens of women, were each sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, despite prosecutors seeking life sentences. [Associated Press]
Three-year-old soccer prodigy Nevada Pierre was invited to former USMNT player Eddie Johnson’s academy after police kicked him off a field for dominating the game, prompting criticism of jealousy, gatekeeping, and racial profiling in US youth soccer. [ESPN]
Video:
BART has been sharing various costumes on social media that pay homage to the transit agency, including this highly impressive replica of BART’s new fare gates, which even work when you tap your Clipper card.
