USA Today sues OpenAI, seeks over $250M over copyright claims
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-10-09
USA Today Co. and several owned local newspapers filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it copied "hundreds of thousands" of articles to train its AI models and seeking damages exceeding $250 million, claiming continuing harm. This adds to a growing string of suits including The New York Times, The Intercept, Ziff Davis, CBC/Radio-Canada, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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