Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam Webster Sue OpenAI Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Encyclopedia Britannica and its subsidiary Merriam-Webster have sued OpenAI, alleging the artificial intelligence company committed copyright infringement by scraping their articles to train its AI, TechCrunch reported Monday (March 16).

Britannica also alleges that OpenAI violated trademark law by making up information and falsely attributing it to the publisher, according to the report.

The company alleges in its lawsuit that with these practices, OpenAI “starves web publishers like [Britannica] of revenue” and jeopardizes “the public’s continued access to high-quality and trustworthy online information,” per the report.

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