{
  "id": 5999108,
  "title": "OpenAI, Microsoft face copyright lawsuit from local newspapers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/openai-microsoft-face-copyright-lawsuit-from-local-newspapers",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-06T15:37:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/openai-microsoft-face-another-publishing-lawsuit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "News organizations, the Seattle Times and Newsday, have filed a lawsuit against tech giants OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement. The publishers claim the companies scraped their paywalled content and used it to train AI models behind chatbots like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and the new AI-powered Bing. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft reproduced entire passages and closely paraphrased the publishers' work without permission. The publishers demand that the tech companies destroy any existing copies of the published material and any training datasets or AI models that include it. OpenAI claims it only uses publicly available materials grounded in fair use for model training, while Microsoft said it was surprised by the lawsuit but willing to explore solutions with the publishers. This is not the first legal battle for OpenAI and Microsoft over training data and copyright infringement, as they have faced multiple court cases, including an ongoing lawsuit with the New York Times. The Trump administration has also weighed in on the case, arguing that a decision in favor of the New York Times could harm local newsrooms and independent journalism, potentially threatening national security.",
  "summary": "A new lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft pushes back on Trump administration claims that AI is a boon to local news.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}