Seattle Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI over copyright infringement

Seattle Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI over copyright infringement

The Seattle Times Co. is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, in the latest move by media companies to call out AI players’ alleged copyright violations.

Seattle Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging they trained their AI on its journalism

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Historic NYT v. OpenAI copyright battle heats up

A landmark copyright lawsuit filed by the New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023 moved into a critical new phase Friday, as all three parties presented their official arguments to a judge, with hopes of a favorable ruling ahead of a possible trial. Why it matters: A ruling in favor…

AI’s promise does not justify using any means to build it

The ends can’t justify the means.   This was my major takeaway in reading the Summary Judgement cross-motions filed Friday in rapid fire order by the defendant Big AI companies (OpenAI...

Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over Alleged Use of Journalism for AI Training

The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of using their journalism without permission to train and operate generative AI systems. The lawsuit argues that products such as ChatGPT and Copilot can reproduce or imitate copyrighted reporting while competing with the organizations that originally produced it. The publishers filed the […]

The Seattle Times and Newsday Sue Microsoft and OpenAI for Allegedly Using Their Sites to Train AI Models

OpenAI and Microsoft face another lawsuit from news organizations the Seattle Times and Newsday, which accuse the tech giants of using their sites to train AI without permission. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, alleges that the companies scraped paywalled content and added it to training datasets used for ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and the new AI-powered …