Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI Over Memorized Content in AI Training
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.