USA Today sues OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI training
TDAY•USA Today Co and several newspapers it owns sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court, alleging it used their content without permission to train its AI models. The complaint seeks more than $250 million in damages and a court order blocking the alleged infringement.
1. Copyright lawsuit
USA Today Co and several newspapers it owns sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, alleging that OpenAI copied hundreds of thousands of their articles and other materials without permission to train the system behind ChatGPT.
2. Damages sought
The complaint seeks damages “in excess of $250 million” and a court order blocking the alleged infringement. OpenAI representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
3. Broader legal dispute
The case is among dozens of lawsuits by copyright owners against technology companies over the use of their work in AI training. Technology companies have argued that their systems make fair use of copyrighted material by transforming it into something new.
