OpenAI, Microsoft Face Copyright Lawsuit From Local Newspapers
The outlets say ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot reproduced passages from their reporting and seek deletion of training copies and datasets, Reuters reported.
- The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in the Southern District of New York, alleging the tech giants used their journalism to train AI models without permission.
- Scraping paywalled content for ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and AI-powered Bing, the companies allegedly reproduced passages from the outlets' reporting without consent or compensation.
- "We feel strongly that we must defend our content from being used without our consent or compensation," wrote Seattle Times president and CEO Alan Fisco. Microsoft said it was willing to "sit down and explore solutions."
- Last week, the Trump administration's Department of Justice filed a Statement of Interest in the New York Times case, arguing a publisher victory would "threaten national security" by stalling AI advancement.
- Demanding destruction of training datasets incorporating their material, the publishers join previous litigants Ziff Davis and Mashable in escalating legal battles over AI training data rights.
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Tech giants were accused of unlawfully collecting journalistic articles and training AI models on them.
Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the company's logo is projected in Creteil, France, on September 4, 2026, as OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 Astra, its most advanced model to date. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement. The two ou…
The Seattle Times and Newsday accuse OpenAI and Microsoft of using unauthorized reports, crossing signature barriers and reducing the traffic that finances journalism.
The chapter of the court proceedings of American publishers against AI companies has become richer. The Seattle Times and Newsday have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft. They accuse the two companies of using protected material illegally to train their AI systems.
In turn, The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using their articles without permission to train AI models.
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