Lawsuit Filed Against OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of copying articles without permission to train AI systems. The newspapers claim the companies used content behind paywalls to train models like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, which can reproduce or closely paraphrase their reporting. OpenAI said its models rely on publicly available data under fair use, while Microsoft expressed surprise but willingness to discuss the matter.
- Language it was published in
- ar
- Date it happened
- 2026-09-04
- Organisation involved
- OpenAI
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Bing AI features
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