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Browser Accused of Stealing Content for AI
2 Nov
Summary
- Brave Software is sued for allegedly scraping content to train AI.
- Publishers claim Brave provided copyrighted material to AI companies.
- The browser is also accused of allowing users to bypass paywalls.
Several prominent publications have filed lawsuits against Brave Software, alleging the company engaged in unlawful web scraping to train artificial intelligence models. The lawsuits also accuse Brave of facilitating user access to content behind publisher paywalls without permission.
According to the complaints, Brave Software has monetized its 'Brave Index' by offering paid access to real-time online content to AI companies. These companies then utilize the index for training their AI models or to respond to user queries. Publishers contend that Brave has supplied "stolen copyrighted content" to multiple AI firms, including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere.
Furthermore, Brave is accused of promoting a "Paywall blocker" feature that grants users access to content from hundreds of top publishers, thereby circumventing their subscription models. The publishers emphasize that Brave has never sought permission to copy or distribute their copyrighted material, nor has it offered any compensation for its use.
