NYT demands Brave shut down its paywall blocker and end deals with AI firms

What happened: The New York Times and other newspaper companies sued Brave Software, alleging the browser maker bypasses paywalls and sells stolen news content to AI companies. The suit seeks to shut down its paywall blocker and end AI deals. Key numbers: Suit filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Why it matters: The suit names Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere as recipients of content from the Brave search index, which the filing says is used to train AI models and answer user queries.

The New York Times and other newspaper companies sued Brave Software, alleging the browser maker bypasses paywalls and sells stolen news content to AI companies. The suit seeks to shut down its paywall blocker and end AI deals.

The suit names Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere as recipients of content from the Brave search index, which the filing says is used to train AI models and answer user queries.