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Encyclopedia Britannica is suing OpenAI for allegedly ‘memorizing’ its content with ChatGPT
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Encyclopedia Britannica is suing OpenAI for allegedly ‘memorizing’ its content with ChatGPT

📅16 March 2026 at 17:04
📰The Verge
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On Friday, Encyclopedia Britannica and dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that it used their copyrighted content to train its AI, then generated responses that were "substantially similar" to their content, as previously reported by Reuters.
According to Britannica, OpenAI repeatedly copied its content without permission, stating, "GPT-4 itself has 'memorized' much of Britannica's copyrighted content and will output near-verbatim copies of significant portions on demand. The memorized examples are unauthorized copies that [OpenAI] used to train their models, including GPT-4."
The lawsuit goes on …
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