POLICY · REGULATION · #1731
USA Today Co. sues OpenAI, seeks over $250 million for alleged copyright use
USA Today Co. filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging the company copied “hundreds of thousands” of its articles to train AI models and is seeking more than $250 million in damages; the complaint also names several local papers the publisher owns. The filing joins a wave of similar copyright suits from other publishers, including actions involving The New York Times, The Intercept, Ziff Davis and others.
KEY POINTS
- filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging the company copied “hundreds of thousands” of its articles to train AI models and is seeking more than $250 million in damages; the complaint also names several local papers the publisher owns.
- The filing joins a wave of similar copyright suits from other publishers, including actions involving The New York Times, The Intercept, Ziff Davis and others.
- The suit escalates a series of copyright challenges to major AI model training practices and could affect how generative models use news content and potential liabilities for AI companies.
WHY IT MATTERS
The suit escalates a series of copyright challenges to major AI model training practices and could affect how generative models use news content and potential liabilities for AI companies.