# The New York Times and other publishers sue Brave over AI scraping and paywall bypass

> Original title: The New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

- Source: The Verge · AI
- Published: 2026-11-02T17:51:19.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/b1v4y3qm8pq488eevx2v5v5i6
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1024588/brave-lawsuit-ai-scraping-new-york-times

## Summary

The New York Times and other publishers have filed lawsuits against Brave Software, alleging it scraped their content to train AI and let users bypass paywalls. The complaint says Brave sells access to its index to AI companies including Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere, and never paid publishers. Brave, Anthropic, Mistral, SpaceXSI, and Cohere did not immediately respond to requests for comment.