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USA Today Sues OpenAI: $250M Copyright Fight Over ChatGPT Training

📅 Oct 8, 2026

✍️ Aamir Raza

USA Today Takes OpenAI to Court

America's largest newspaper publisher is suing ChatGPT's maker over how it trained its AI.

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Hundreds of Thousands of Articles

The suit says OpenAI copied the outlets' journalism without permission to train ChatGPT.

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Over $250 Million at Stake

USA Today wants damages above $250M and a court order blocking OpenAI from using its work.

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ChatGPT Could Replace the Original

The complaint argues chatbot answers pull readers away from the news outlets themselves.

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One Battle in a Much Bigger War

It joins dozens of cases from authors and outlets like the NYT; OpenAI argues fair use.

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