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New York Times and publishers sue Brave over AI scraping and paywall bypass

The New York Times and other publishers have filed lawsuits against Brave Software, alleging the company scraped websites to build an index sold to AI companies for training and query responses. The complaint also claims Brave lets users bypass paywalls, harming publishers' revenue. The case highlights ongoing legal battles over AI data sourcing and content access.

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This is a concrete legal development affecting AI training data practices and publisher rights, with direct industry implications.

The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters.

According to a complaint filed by the companies that run New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Orlando Sentinel, Brave Software has monetized its index of scraped websites by, in part, providing AI companies with paid access to "real-time online content from the Brave Index." The AI companies then use that index to train their models, access content to "respond to specific user queries," or bo …

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