USA Today Co. is suing OpenAI, claiming the tech company copied hundreds of thousands of articles to train its artificial intelligence models. The publisher filed the lawsuit on Thursday, seeking damages exceeding $250 million for what it describes as unauthorized use of its content. In the filing, USA Today argues that OpenAI's actions have caused real and continuing harm to its news outlets, which include several local newspapers owned by the parent company. This legal action adds to a growing list of copyright lawsuits against OpenAI. The company is already facing similar claims from The New York Times, The Intercept, Ziff Davis (the owner of CNET), and CBC/Radio-Canada. Reuters reported on the allegations regarding the scale of the copied content. The filing marks the latest development in a series of disputes over how AI developers utilize published journalism.