Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement

The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement. They claim their journalism was used without permission to train AI models, which then reproduce passages from their reporting. Microsoft is included as a defendant because its Copilot service is built on OpenAI's technology. The lawsuits seek the destruction of any copies of their works, training datasets, and AI models that incorporate them, arguing that chatbots reduce website visits and subscription revenue.

Unlike previous lawsuits, this one involves The Seattle Times, which had received funding from Microsoft and OpenAI for its journalism projects.