Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement
The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement. The two outlets say the company used their journalism as training data for its AI models without permission and often reproduces passages from their reporting in response to user queries. This is similar to lawsuits filed by […]
In a move akin to previous legal actions, news organizations the Seattle Times and Newsday have joined a growing list of plaintiffs suing OpenAI and Microsoft. The publishers allege that the technology giants utilized their journalistic content as training data for their artificial intelligence models without obtaining proper authorization.
Furthermore, the outlets contend that the companies frequently incorporate excerpts from their reporting into their AI-driven responses to user inquiries. This legal strategy mirrors similar lawsuits brought forth by The New York Times, Ziff Davis, Merriam-Webster, and Encyclopedia Britannica against OpenAI.
Notably, the Seattle Times and Newsday have also added Microsoft to their roster of defendants, given that Copilot is constructed upon OpenAI's technological foundations. The publishers now join an extensive list of approximately 400 regional newspapers that have recently filed suits against the aforementioned entities. The full account of these legal proceedings can be accessed via The Verge.
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