Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over Unauthorized Use of Journalism as AI Training Data

The Seattle Times and Newsday are suing OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the tech giants illegally used their journalism as AI training data without permission, reproducing passages in AI responses and costing publishers vital subscription revenue and site traffic.

• The Seattle Times and Newsday are suing OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies used their journalism as training data without permission and reproduce passages from their reporting in AI-generated responses.
• Microsoft is named as a co-defendant because its Copilot product is built on OpenAI's technology, and the two publishers join nearly 400 local newspapers that have recently filed similar lawsuits, claiming AI chatbots reduce site traffic and cost them subscription revenue.
• The Seattle Times and Newsday are seeking the destruction of any copies of their works held by the companies, along with the training datasets and AI models that incorporate their content, while OpenAI and Microsoft have not yet responded to requests for comment.