Britannica & Merriam-Webster Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have taken legal action against OpenAI, accusing it of copyright infringement. The lawsuit claims OpenAI trained its AI models using nearly 100,000 entries from their databases without permission. This has allegedly caused direct content replication, traffic and revenue loss, and includes trademark infringement due to false attributions. OpenAI's likely defense revolves around the fair use argument, citing the transformative nature of data processing, but Britannica contests this view.
Mar 18