NY Times sues Brave for AI scraping and paywall bypass
new york times and other publications sue brave for allegedly scraping content to train ai models and letting users bypass paywalls. this affects publishers' revenue and content control.
the new york times, new york daily news, chicago tribune, and orlando sentinel have filed a lawsuit against brave software for allegedly scraping their content without permission to train ai models and provide access to users and other ai companies. brave's 'paywall blocker' feature allows users to bypass publishers' paywalls, and the company has provided 'stolen copyrighted content' to ai companies like anthropic, perplexity, mistral, xai, and cohere. the publishers claim brave has never asked for permission, compensated them, or taken steps to prevent unauthorized access. this case may set a precedent for how ai companies access and use online content, impacting publishers' revenue and control over their content.