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This lawsuit highlights a critical legal friction point between generative AI training data practices and copyright law, specifically regarding the unauthorized scraping of journalistic content for model development. The case underscores the ongoing debate over whether current fair use doctrines adequately protect publishers' intellectual property in the age of large-scale AI model training.

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USA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAI

The VergeOctober 8, 20262 min read

USA Today Co., along with the several local newspapers it owns, is suing OpenAI over claims that the company copied "hundreds of thousands" of articles to train its AI models, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a filing on Thursday, the publisher asks for damages of more than $250 million, alleging OpenAI's unauthorized use of its content "has done real and continuing" harm to its outlets. This is just the latest in a string of copyright lawsuits filed against OpenAI. In addition to a copyright lawsuit filed by The New York Times, OpenAI is also facing legal action from The Intercept, CNET owner Ziff Davis, CBC/Radio-Canada, Encyclopaedia … Read the full story at The Verge.

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