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Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement

Sunday, September 6, 2026


The Seattle Times and Newsday filed lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies used their articles as training data for AI models without permission. Both outlets claim the models reproduce passages from their reporting in response to user queries. The lawsuits are among multiple copyright infringement cases brought against OpenAI.

Original reporting: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/990932/seattle-times-newsday-lawsuit-openai-microsoft

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