GoKawiilSeattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft over AI training data
The Seattle Times and Newsday have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming their journalism was used without permission to train AI models and is often reproduced verbatim in chatbot responses. Microsoft was named as a defendant because its Copilot tool relies on OpenAI's technology, and the outlets are seeking destruction of any copied works, datasets, and models built from them.
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This case adds to a growing wave of nearly 400 local newspapers suing the two tech giants, arguing AI chatbots divert readers away from original news sources and erode subscription revenue essential to journalism's survival. The outcome could set a major precedent for how AI companies license and compensate news publishers for training data going forward.
- Seattle Times and Newsday join major outlets like NYT and Britannica in suing OpenAI.
- Microsoft is named as co-defendant since Copilot uses OpenAI's technology.
- Plaintiffs demand destruction of copied content, training data, and resulting AI models.
Source: theverge.com — Terrence O'Brien, 2026-09-06
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