Has Brave confirmed it?

No. Brave has not confirmed it as of Nov 3.

Are the New York Times and other outlets suing Brave for scraping content allegedly sold to AI firms?

ReportedLast checked Nov 3, 2026

BraveFirst seen Nov 2

TechCrunch covers the suit and named AI customers; docket text not re-opened in this run.

Evidence timeline · 1 source · newest first

Nov 3
Unconfirmed → Reported
Nov 2
Reported
TechCrunch reports The New York Times and other publishers are suing Brave, alleging the browser scraped copyrighted content and distributed it to customers including AI companies such as Anthropic and Perplexity. Primary complaint text beyond the TechCrunch summary was not re-opened in this run.
Source: TechCrunch

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