Britannica Sues OpenAI Over Alleged 'Memorization' of Copyrighted Content

Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster file lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming the AI used their copyrighted content to train its models, including GPT-4.
Encyclopedia Britannica, the venerable publisher of reference materials, has taken legal action against OpenAI, the creator of the popular AI assistant ChatGPT. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI has copied and memorized Britannica's copyrighted content to train its AI models, including the latest GPT-4 system.
According to the lawsuit, filed on Friday, OpenAI has repeatedly used Britannica's content without permission, stating that
Source: The Verge


