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Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft
The Economic Times··5 Sept
The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The newspapers allege the companies copied their journalism without permission to train AI systems. The suit covers products including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Bing AI features. OpenAI cited publicly available data and fair use.
Prism
What It Means For You
- The publishers say AI products can reproduce or closely paraphrase their articles.
- They argue that reduces the need for readers to visit their sites or buy subscriptions.
- The suit seeks destruction of copies of their works and models that incorporate them.
What's Happening
- The complaint alleges scraping of newspaper websites, including paywalled content.
- Seattle Times CEO Alan Fisco said the papers spend millions of dollars a year producing content.
- Microsoft said it remains open to exploring solutions to the dispute.
A Growing Docket
- The New York Times filed a related case against OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023.
- That earlier case is ongoing.
- Dozens of copyright holders have sued firms including OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta over training data.
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