Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement
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- Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement.
- Lawsuit claims OpenAI used Britannica's copyrighted content at a massive scale for training AI models.
- ChatGPT allegedly reproduces Britannica's articles verbatim or partially in responses.
- OpenAI accused of trademark infringement by generating false attributions to Britannica.
- Britannica seeks injunction and unspecified monetary damages.
- OpenAI defends its models, stating they are trained on publicly available data under fair use.
- Britannica previously sued AI company Perplexity for similar reasons.
- OpenAI also faces a copyright lawsuit from The New York Times.