# The New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

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> **Original Source**: [The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1024588/brave-lawsuit-ai-scraping-new-york-times)
> **Author**: Jay Peters (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Monday, November 2, 2026
> **Category**: POLICY
> **Tags**: AI, The Verge AI, policy

## Executive Summary
The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters.



## Full Coverage
Brave has allegedly provided 'stolen copyrighted content' to many AI companies

The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters

According to a complaint filed by the New York Daily News , the Chicago Tribune , and the Orlando Sentinel , Brave Software has monetized its index of scraped websites by, in part, providing AI companies with paid access to "real-time online content from the Brave Index." The AI companies then use that index to train their models, access content to "respond to specific user queries," or both. Brave has allegedly provided "stolen copyrighted content" to "many" AI companies including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere

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