Britannica files lawsuit against OpenAI

OpenAI has won another lawsuit. This time from Encyclopedia Britannica, which took legal action against OpenAI, accusing it of copyright and trademark infringement, as reported. first reported by Reuters.

Specifically, Britannica alleges that OpenAI illegally used its “copyrighted content on a massive scale” to train its AI models. Britannica also alleges that ChatGPT’s responses to user queries sometimes contain “full or partial verbatim reproductions of copyrighted articles.”

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Along with the copyright infringement claims, Britannica also alleges that OpenAI is also liable for trademark infringement. According to the lawsuit, ChatGPT produces “fabricated content or ‘hallucinations’ and falsely attributes them” to Encyclopedia Britannica. The lawsuit does not specify an amount for any monetary damages, but Britannica is also seeking injunctive relief to prevent OpenAI from repeating these allegations.

This isn't the first time Britannica has sued an AI company. In September, the company, which owns Merriam-Webster, also sued Perplexity on similar grounds. On the other hand, OpenAI is still embroiled in a legal battle with the New York Times, which also sued the company for copyright infringement.

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