The New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="NurPhoto via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/gettyimages-2289911637.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>The New York Times</em> and a group of other publications have <a href="https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2026/11/new-york-times-brave-complaint-11-2-26.pdf">filed lawsuits</a> against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/new-york-times-sues-maker-brave-web-browser-over-copyrights-2026-11-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&amp;taid=6ae8b70f401f6f00010d16d6">as reported by <em>Reuters</em></a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.676310/gov.uscourts.nysd.676310.1.0.pdf">a complaint</a> filed by the companies that run <em>New York Daily News</em>, the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, and the <em>Orlando Sentinel</em>, Brave Software has monetized its index of scraped websites by, in part, providing AI companies with paid access to "real-time online content from the Brave Index." The AI companies then use that index to train their models, access content to "respond to specific user queries," or bo …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1024588/brave-lawsuit-ai-scraping-new-york-times">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>