The Economic Times

USA Today vs OpenAI: Key questions over ChatGPT training data, news copyright and whether publishers should be paid for their work

USA Today Co has initiated a lawsuit against OpenAI over alleged unauthorized use of its copyrighted articles. The complaint claims OpenAI used hundreds of thousands of articles for training its AI models. USA Today Co seeks damages exceeding $250 million along with an injunction to stop the infringement. This case reflects a larger legal struggle between media publishers and technology companies regarding copyright use.