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AI CLUSTERED EVENT · 10/9/2026

USA Today Sues OpenAI for Over $250 Million, Alleging Unauthorized Use of Hundreds of Thousands of Articles for AI Training

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USA Today and its affiliated local newspapers have filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking damages exceeding $250 million. The plaintiffs allege that OpenAI unauthorizedly copied “hundreds of thousands” of articles to train its AI models, causing real and continuing harm to their outlets. This legal action follows similar suits by The New York Times, The Intercept, and a coalition of nearly 400 local newspapers, intensifying the copyright compliance crisis in the generative AI sector.

LATEST/USA Today and its affiliated local newspapers have filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking damages exceeding $250 million. The plaintiffs allege that OpenAI unauthorizedly copied “hundreds of thousands” of articles to train its AI models, causing real and continuing harm to their outlets. This legal action follows similar suits by The New York Times, The Intercept, and a coalition of nearly 400 local newspapers, intensifying the copyright compliance crisis in the generative AI sector.

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  1. The Verge AIT2·68 pts
    • USA Today seeks over $250 million from OpenAI, alleging unauthorized use of hundreds of thousands of articles for model training.
    • The lawsuit highlights that AI training data usage has caused "real and continuing" commercial harm to news outlets.
    • OpenAI faces mounting pressure from multiple copyright suits including The New York Times, Ziff Davis, and a coalition of nearly 400 local newspapers.
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