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  "id": 5853476,
  "title": "Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/seattle-times-and-newsday-are-the-latest-publications-to-sue-openai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-05T22:49:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/05/seattle-times-and-newsday-are-the-latest-publications-to-sue-openai-and-microsoft/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Seattle Times and Newsday have joined a growing list of news organizations suing OpenAI and Microsoft over alleged misuse of their journalism content to train AI systems. In their lawsuit, the two publications argue that generative AI could \"break the journalism industry beyond repair\" and liken it to a \"snake eating its own tail.\" The lawsuit contends that AI products such as ChatGPT and Copilot are \"rapacious consumers\" of human-authored content, using it to create copies and derivative works for commercial gain. The Seattle Times' lawsuit is particularly significant as Microsoft and OpenAI have previously provided funding and support for some of the organization's journalism initiatives. A Microsoft spokesperson expressed surprise at the lawsuit but stated their willingness to explore potential solutions to the issue.",
  "summary": "Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-alleging-copyright",
        "published": "2026-09-05T03:00:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-alleging-copyright-5702661",
        "published": "2026-09-05T03:06:35.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-alleging-copyright-5731147",
        "published": "2026-09-05T05:54:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft; allege copyright infringement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-and-microsoft-allege-copyright",
        "published": "2026-09-05T08:11:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies trained AI on their journalism; Microsoft and OpenAI are funders of Seattle Times (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/the-seattle-times-and-newsday-sue-openai-and-microsoft-alleging-the",
        "published": "2026-09-05T20:50:47.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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