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USA Today Co. and local newspapers sue OpenAI over training data
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USA Today Co. copyright suit against OpenAI
News Oct 10, 2026
USA Today Co. and local newspapers sued OpenAI, alleging unauthorized use of their reporting to train language models.
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USA Today Co. and newspapers in its network filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in New York federal court. The publishers allege that OpenAI copied large amounts of their reporting without permission to train its models. They seek monetary and other relief. The Verge and WKMS reported the filing in English. The complaint sets out the publishers’ allegations; it is not a ruling that infringement occurred. OpenAI had not responded to the outlets’ requests for comment when their reports were published.