Encyclopedia Britannica is suing OpenAI for allegedly ‘memorizing’ its content with ChatGPT

March 16, 2026 Stevie Bonifield

On Friday, Encyclopedia Britannica and dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that it used their copyrighted content to train its AI, then generated responses that were "substantially similar" to their content, as previously reported by Reuters.

According to Britannica, OpenAI repeatedly copied its content without permission, stating, "GPT-4 itself has 'memorized' much of Britannica's copyrighted content and will output near-verbatim copies of significant portions on demand. The memorized examples are unauthorized copies that [OpenAI] used to train their models, including GPT-4."

The lawsuit goes on …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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