400 Newspapers Sue Microsoft and OpenAI, Alleging Content Theft for AI

A coalition of publishers of nearly 400 local and regional newspapers has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft , alleging copyright infringement. The lawsuit alleges that the companies stole the newspapers’ copyrighted news articles, used that content to build and train commercial AI products, including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot , and reproduced or repurposed the content without permission or compensation, Platkin LLP , the law firm that filed the suit, said in a Wednesday (June 24)