USA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAI

<figure> <img alt="Illustration of OpenAI logo." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/STK155_OPEN_AI_CVirginia__A.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">USA Today Co., along with the several local newspapers it owns, is suing OpenAI over claims that the company copied "hundreds of thousands" of articles to train its AI models, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/usa-today-sues-openai-copyright-infringement-over-ai-training-2026-10-08/">as reported earlier by <em>Reuters</em></a>. In <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28731453-usa-today-v-openai/">a filing on Thursday</a>, the publisher asks for damages of more than $250 million, alleging OpenAI's unauthorized use of its content "has done real and continuing" harm to its outlets.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is just the latest in a string of copyright lawsuits filed against OpenAI. In <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/27/24016212/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-lawsuit-copyright-infringement">addition to a copyright lawsuit filed by <em>The New York Times</em></a>, OpenAI is also facing <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/28/24085973/intercept-raw-story-alternet-openai-lawsuit-copyright">legal action from <em>The Intercept</em></a>, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/656044/ziff-davis-sues-openai-ign-cnet-pcmag">CNET owner Ziff Davis</a>, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/29/24308984/openai-sued-canadian-media-copyright-chatgpt">CBC/Radio-Canada</a>, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/895372/encyclopedia-britannica-openai-lawsuit">Encyclopaedia …</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1008198/usa-today-openai-copyright-lawsuit">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>