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Why news publishers are blocking AI from accessing internet archives

Publishers say archived articles are being used to train large language models without permission, and more than 20 major outlets already block one crawler, analysts said.

Summary by Euronews
AI companies using archived news content could be a major violation of copyright laws, especially in the midst of active lawsuits against companies such as OpenAI and Perplexity.

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TNW broke the news in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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