Odaily Planet Daily News reported that five major news media companies in Canada have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of frequently violating copyright and online usage terms, such as using their news to train ChatGPT. The Canadian Press, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Torstar (owner of the Toronto Star), Postmedia (owner of the National Post), and Globe and Mail issued a statement claiming that OpenAI has been scraping their copyrighted content to train AI models without permission or compensation. In an 84-page claim submitted to the Ontario Superior Court, the five Canadian companies are seeking damages from OpenAI and a permanent injunction preventing the company from using their material without consent. In response, OpenAI stated that its models are trained on publicly available data based on fair use and relevant international copyright principles, which is fair to creators. 'We work closely with news publishers, including displaying, attributing, and linking their content in ChatGPT searches, and we provide them with the option to opt-out at any time.'

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