Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over training data and fake attributed content
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-08
The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging unauthorized copying at both the AI training and generated-output levels.
The complaint says the companies used the publishers' journalism, including paywalled material, without permission, and that models can reproduce or closely paraphrase the reporting. The publishers also allege trademark dilution: the models fabricate material attributed to their brands.
Notably, the suit goes beyond training-data claims by treating near-verbatim outputs and falsely attributed fabricated content as separate causes of action — a framing that could shape future publisher lawsuits.
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