By @iTnews_au
Publication Date: 2026-03-16 20:01:00
Encyclopedia Britannica and its subsidiary Merriam-Webster have sued OpenAI in federal court in Manhattan, alleging the company misused their reference materials to train its artificial intelligence models.
Britannica said in the complaint that Microsoft-backed OpenAI used its online articles, encyclopedias and dictionary entries to teach its flagship chatbot ChatGPT to respond to human input and “cannibalized” Britannica’s web traffic with AI-generated summaries of its content.
“Our models promote innovation and are based on publicly available data and well-founded…