The New York Times and other publications sue browser company Brave over alleged AI scraping
Summary
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, The Verge reported on Monday 2 November, citing Reuters. TechCrunch wrote that The New York Times is suing the privacy-focused web browser company for allegedly scraping the newspaper's content and unlawfully distributing it to Brave's own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.
Latest: The New York Times and a group of other publications filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and letting users bypass their paywalls, The Verge reported, citing Reuters, TechCrunch writing that the newspaper accuses Brave of scraping its content and unlawfully distributing it to Brave's own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.
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How it unfolded
Monday 2 November
The New York Times and a group of other publications filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and letting users bypass their paywalls, The Verge reported, citing Reuters, TechCrunch writing that the newspaper accuses Brave of scraping its content and unlawfully distributing it to Brave's own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.