Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI Over Memorized Content in AI Training
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Britannica and Merriam-Webster filed suit against OpenAI alleging that GPT-4 memorized substantial portions of their copyrighted content and outputs near-verbatim passages to train its AI, potentially diverting traffic away from Britannica; the case adds to a wave of publisher lawsuits over AI training and follows similar actions against OpenAI and a prior Anthropic settlement.
- Encyclopedia Britannica is suing OpenAI for allegedly ‘memorizing’ its content with ChatGPT The Verge
- Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI over AI training Reuters
- Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI over use of metadata in AI training Yahoo Finance
- Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement Engadget
- The dictionary sues OpenAI TechCrunch
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