Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement

The Seattle Times Co. and Newsday have filed lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement. The publications accuse the technology companies of using their journalistic content without authorization to train artificial intelligence models. This legal action targets the Redmond-based tech giant and its partner, OpenAI, claiming that the AI systems were developed by leveraging the intellectual property of these news organizations to enhance their capabilities and generate outputs based on professional reporting.