Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement
The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, seeking destruction of datasets and models trained on their journalism.
The Seattle Times and Newsday allege OpenAI used their journalism as training data without permission and that its chatbots reproduce passages of their reporting, seeking destruction of copies of their works, training datasets, and AI models that incorporate them. Microsoft is named as co-defendant because Copilot is built on OpenAI technology. The suit follows similar actions by The New York Times, Ziff Davis, Merriam-Webster, Encyclopedia Britannica, and nearly 400 local newspapers.
- Suit seeks destruction of training datasets and AI models incorporating the plaintiffs' works.
- Joins similar lawsuits from The New York Times, Ziff Davis, Merriam-Webster, and others.
- Publishers argue chatbot answers reduce site visits and cost subscription revenue.
- Nearly 400 local newspapers recently filed comparable suits against both companies.
- Products
- Copilot
- Victims
- Seattle TimesNewsday
- Countries
- United States
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