https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-alleging-copyright-infringementContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-alleging-copyright-infringementhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-alleging-copyright-infringement#u62416Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:35:50 +0000The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday. The publishers allege that the tech companies copied their journalism without authorization to train artificial intelligence models. This legal challenge involves news organizations that previously partnered with the technology firms. The lawsuit adds to mounting legal battles over intellectual property rights as artificial intelligence developers scrape copyrighted text for training data. Meanwhile, top researchers and international officials continue to issue warnings regarding the swift pace and po https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-alleging-copyright-infringementhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-alleging-copyright-infringement#u60378Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:17:32 +0000The Seattle Times Co. and Newsday LLC filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on September 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The publishers allege the tech companies used their journalism and paywalled articles without permission to train AI systems that can mimic their reporting. While OpenAI cites fair use and Microsoft expressed surprise at the suit, the U.S. government has intervened in a separate New York Times case, arguing that barring AI training on copyrighted material could severely hamper technological progress.Why it mattersThis legal