Eight leading US newspapers have joined forces to file a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. They accuse the tech giants of illegally using their copyrighted articles to train AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Copilot. The newspapers involved include the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News and the Denver Post. They allege that OpenAI and Microsoft violated copyright laws by taking millions of articles without permission.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, alleges that the companies copied the newspapers' content verbatim into their chatbots and even attributed fake articles to the original media, damaging the publishers' credibility and business. This lawsuit is part of a broader series of lawsuits brought by the *New York Times*, which had previously accused OpenAI of appropriating its work.
In its response, OpenAI said it is actively working with news organizations to address concerns and explore partnerships that could benefit both parties. Microsoft has not commented.
The newspapers, owned by MediaNews Group and Tribune Publishing, seek damages and an injunction to prevent future infringement. They claim that OpenAI and Microsoft have undermined their business models by offering AI-generated content that competes with traditional journalism.
This lawsuit is part of a growing wave of legal challenges to generative AI that highlights ongoing tensions between tech companies and content creators over the ethical use of data to train AI models.