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A group of major Canadian news media companies are suing ChatGPT creator OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement.

Five of Canada’s leading news organizations have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of copyright infringement and seeking potential damages in the billions. The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia, and CBC/Radio-Canada allege that OpenAI unlawfully “scraped” substantial content from their websites.

The lawsuits claim that OpenAI "scraped" large amounts of content from media sites without permission. They have also claimed that the AI company is not compensating the original creators for the profit made.

A coalition of Canadian news outlets sued OpenAI on Friday for copyright infringement. The joint lawsuit accuses the company of “capitalizing and profiting” from the unauthorized use of their content for ChatGPT.

The suit, filed by attorneys Lenczner Slaght LLP, seeks punitive damages and a share of the profits made by OpenAI from using the news organizations’ articles. The suit also seeks an injunction barring OpenAI from future use of the news articles.