New York Times, Chicago Tribune Sue Tech Company Brave Over AI Copyright Claims

The New York Times, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Orlando Sentinel have filed lawsuits against Brave Software, accusing the company of illegally copying their reporting and selling access to copyrighted content to artificial intelligence companies such as Anthropic and Perplexity. The publishers argue that Brave is profiting from their journalism without compensating them, potentially impacting their revenue streams.

In their lawsuits, the newspapers claim that Brave's AI search tool, Ask Brave, has reproduced substantial portions of their reporting, including a Chicago Tribune article about tax breaks for data centers and a Daily News article about Central Park horse carriages. The publishers have previously sent cease-and-desist letters to Brave CEO Brendan Eich, but received no response.

Brave has previously defended its search practices as fair use, but the companies have not commented on the latest lawsuits.

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