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NYT and Publishers Sue Brave Over AI Content Scraping

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The New York Times and other publishers have sued Brave for scraping copyrighted content to share with AI firms and for paywall bypassing.

The New York Times and other publishers including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Orlando Sentinel have sued Brave Software. The complaints allege scraping of copyrighted content to train AI models and sharing it with companies including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere. Brave has ignored requests to stop the practice and offers a paywall blocker. The lawsuits, filed in federal court in Manhattan, seek an injunction and damages. Brave has not responded.

Key facts
  • NYT, Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel sue Brave
  • Content shared with Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, Cohere
  • Lawsuits target Brave's 30 billion webpage index
  • Focus on paywall bypassing feature
  • Brave raised roughly $250 million
  • Suits seek injunction and damages
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Timeline

dated events in the reporting · oldest first
  1. Nov 2, 2026Publishers sue Brave over AI scraping · The Verge and TechCrunch

What each outlet adds

beyond the shared facts
  • The VergeBrave shares scraped content with specific AI firms; lawsuits cover NYT, Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel
  • TechCrunchLawsuits target 30 billion webpage index; Brave raised roughly $250 million
Vendors
BraveNew York TimesBrave Software
Products
Brave browserBrave web browser
Victims
New York TimesDaily NewsChicago TribuneOrlando SentinelThe New York TimesNew York Daily News
Organizations
AnthropicPerplexityMistralxAICohere

Coverage

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  1. · 9h ago The Verge · AIFirst report

    New York Times sues Brave browser for AI scraping and paywall bypass

    Publishers including The New York Times file lawsuit against Brave over scraped content shared with AI firms like Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere.

  2. · 7h ago TechCrunch · AI

    New York Times sues Brave over content scraping for AI companies

    The New York Times and other outlets have sued Brave for scraping copyrighted content and distributing it to AI firms including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere.