Encyclopedia publishers sue over training, output copying and false attribution

Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued OpenAI in March 2026, alleging it trained ChatGPT on their content, that its outputs reproduce it, and that hallucinated text is falsely attributed to them. They are seeking a permanent injunction.

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