Seattle Times and News Daily sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI training use of news content

Seattle Times and News Daily sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI training use of news content

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2026-09-05 22:54:01
The Seattle Times and News Daily have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of using their news reporting without permission to train artificial intelligence models. The complaint alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft copied large volumes of copyrighted news articles for AI training, amounting to infringement. The case adds the two outlets to a growing list of media organizations pursuing copyright claims against AI companies, following similar actions brought by The New York Times and other publishers. The development was reported by TechCrunch, according to Techub News.

The Seattle Times and News Daily have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the AI company and its investor of using their news reporting without authorization to train artificial intelligence models.

The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft copied large amounts of copyrighted news articles for AI training and that the conduct constitutes infringement.

The two outlets are the latest news organizations to join copyright litigation against AI companies, following similar cases brought by The New York Times and other media groups.

Techub News cited TechCrunch in its report.

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