NYT demands Brave shut down its paywall blocker and end deals with AI firms
The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Brave Software, alleging the browser maker illegally circumvents publisher paywalls and resells copied content to AI companies including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere. The suit estimates Brave has generated over $100 million by distributing publishers' copyrighted work without consent, while publishers received nothing. Brave's Search API reportedly supplies AI companies with real-time online content used for model training and query responses.
Key points
- NYT alleges Brave bypasses paywals and resells news to AI firms
- Brave estimated to have made $100M+ from unauthorized content
- AI companies including Perplexity, Mistral, and Cohere named as buyers
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