Newspapers and a laptop on a newsroom desk representing the Seattle Times and Newsday copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft.
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Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over Copyright in Latest Publisher Legal Battle

The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on September 5, 2026, escalating the publishing industry’s legal confrontation with generative AI companies. The lawsuit, reported by TechCrunch, alleges that the companies used the newspapers’ journalism to train AI models like ChatGPT and Copilot without authorization or compensation. The complaint […]