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Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over AI Training

Two US newspapers filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft alleging copyright infringement for AI training.

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The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 4, alleging copyright infringement. [1] The plaintiffs allege that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped their websites, including content behind paywalls, to train AI products such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Bing's AI features. [2] The newspapers claim that the companies' AI products can reproduce passages from their reporting, closely paraphrase articles, and provide users with answers that reduce the need to visit their websites or buy subscriptions. [3] The Seattle Times and Newsday are seeking a court order requiring the destruction of copies of their works as well as training datasets or AI models incorporating them. [4] Seattle Times President and CEO Alan Fisco wrote to employees that the companies must defend their content, which they spend millions of dollars a year to produce, from being used without consent or compensation. [5] A spokesperson for Microsoft said in an email that while they are surprised by the lawsuit, they appreciate the importance of local journalism and are happy to explore solutions to the dispute. [6]
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  1. The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 4, alleging copyright infringement. · Investing.com
  2. The plaintiffs allege that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped their websites, including content behind paywalls, to train AI products such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Bing's AI features. · Dawn
  3. The newspapers claim that the companies' AI products can reproduce passages from their reporting, closely paraphrase articles, and provide users with answers that reduce the need to visit their websites or buy subscriptions. · Investing.com
  4. The Seattle Times and Newsday are seeking a court order requiring the destruction of copies of their works as well as training datasets or AI models incorporating them. · Investing.com
  5. Seattle Times President and CEO Alan Fisco wrote to employees that the companies must defend their content, which they spend millions of dollars a year to produce, from being used without consent or compensation. · Dawn
  6. A spokesperson for Microsoft said in an email that while they are surprised by the lawsuit, they appreciate the importance of local journalism and are happy to explore solutions to the dispute. · Dawn
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