The New York Times, AFP and The Economist join coalition on AI training rights

Economic Times reports that The New York Times, Agence France-Presse and The Economist joined the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights (SPUR) coalition on October 12. Launched in February, the coalition now has more than 80 members across 20-plus countries. It is escalating legal efforts to prevent AI companies from using or monetizing publishers’ content without permission to train large language models. Economic Times also reports that USA Today and several newspapers it owns sued OpenAI earlier in October, alleging copyright infringement.