The New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls
A group of publications including the New York Times, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Orlando Sentinel filed legal action against Brave Software, alleging unauthorized scraping of news content to build an index. According to the complaint, Brave monetized this index by providing AI companies paid access to real-time online content for model training and user query responses. The suits also accuse Brave of enabling paywall circumvention.
Key points
- NYT and major publishers sue Brave Software
- Alleged unlawful scraping for AI training
- Brave accused of selling scraped content to AI firms
- Claims of enabling paywall bypass
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