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Tuesday: SUSE cuts many jobs, US newspapers sue Brave Software

SoftwareNovember 3, 20261 min read

Software company SUSE plans to cut about one in ten jobs, blaming automation and AI. On the same day, US newspapers sued Brave Software over AI training with their articles.

SUSE cuts jobs

SUSE, a company that makes Linux software, plans large job cuts. In an internal email, CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen said automation and AI made this a painful decision. He did not give details. About one in ten employees could lose their jobs.

Newspapers sue Brave Software

A group of US newspapers, including the New York Times, sued Brave Software in a federal court in Manhattan. The papers say Brave's web browser let users get past paywalls, and that Brave used their articles to train AI models without permission.

Key facts

About one in ten SUSE employees is affected by the job cuts.
The New York Times has been in a legal fight with OpenAI and Microsoft since late 2023.
The lawsuit against Brave was filed on a Monday in a US federal court in Manhattan.
Rumors of a SUSE sale appeared in March.

Why AI training is a legal fight

AI chatbots learn from huge amounts of text. Newspapers say that using their copyrighted articles without asking is against the law. Courts must now decide if this is allowed. The New York Times case against OpenAI and Microsoft could set an important example.

Why this matters

The SUSE news shows that AI can change how many people work, even at tech firms. The lawsuit shows that media companies want clear rules for how their work is used to train AI. Both stories are part of a bigger debate about AI, jobs, and rights.

Glossary

SUSE: A software company that makes Linux, a free system for computers and servers.
Brave Software: The company that makes the Brave web browser.

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