The dictionary sues OpenAI

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster say that OpenAI violated the copyright of almost 100,000 articles by using them for LLM training.

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Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging in its complaint that the AI giant has committed “massive copyright infringement.” https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/16/merriam-webster-openai-encyclopedia-brittanica-l

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