According to IT Home, five major news media companies in Canada have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company frequently violates copyright and online usage terms, such as using their news to train ChatGPT. The Canadian Press, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Torstar (owner of the Toronto Star), Postmedia (owner of the National Post), and the Globe and Mail issued a statement stating that OpenAI has been scraping their copyrighted content to train AI models without obtaining permission or providing compensation. In an 84-page statement of claim submitted to the Ontario Superior Court, the five Canadian companies are seeking damages from OpenAI and a permanent injunction to prevent the company from using their materials without consent.
In response, OpenAI stated that its models are trained on publicly available data and are based on fair use and relevant international copyright principles, which are fair to creators. "We work closely with news publishers, including showing, attributing, and linking their content in ChatGPT searches, and we always provide them with an option to opt-out."

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