NYT Sues Microsoft, OpenAI for Billions Over ChatGPT Copyright Breach

Mar 21, 2025
Sunstein LLP
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Summary

The New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for up to $450 billion, claiming ChatGPT was trained on millions of its copyrighted articles, potentially reshaping AI training and journalism.

Key Points

  • The New York Times files a $2.25-$450 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI for allegedly copying millions of its articles to train ChatGPT.
  • The Times claims ChatGPT's outputs often directly quote its articles and that Microsoft's use of ChatGPT boosted its market cap by $1 trillion.
  • The case could determine the legality of training AI models on copyrighted content and impact the future of journalism if OpenAI prevails.

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