Dictionary publishers file copyright lawsuit against OpenAI

• Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have initiated a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company infringed on their copyrights by utilizing nearly 100,000 articles to train its language models.
• The lawsuit underscores the growing tension between AI development and intellectual property rights in the publishing industry.
• If successful, the case could have significant implications for how AI companies source and use content from established publishers.

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