USA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAI

USA Today Co. filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming the company used hundreds of thousands of articles from USA Today and its local newspaper properties to train its generative AI models without authorization. The publisher is seeking damages of more than $25 million, according to the court filing reported by Reuters.

This case is part of a growing wave of lawsuits from major publishers against AI companies over the use of copyrighted content for model training. The dispute centers on whether scraping publicly available articles for training data constitutes fair use or copyright infringement, a question that has no definitive legal precedent yet.

The lawsuit is significant because it involves one of the largest U.S. newspaper groups, lending additional weight to the argument that AI training on copyrighted journalism without permission is harmful. If the court rules against OpenAI, it could set a precedent that reshapes how AI companies source training data and negotiate licensing deals with media organizations.

OpenAI has not publicly responded to the filing at this time. The outcome of this case, along with similar suits from other publishers, will likely influence regulatory discussions around AI data practices and intellectual property rights in the coming years.

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