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The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement
Two regional newspapers filed a joint lawsuit against the tech companies alleging unauthorized scraping, according to Engadget.
The short version
- The Seattle Times and Newsday jointly filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft alleging copyright infringement.[Engadget]
- The publishers claim the tech firms methodically scraped articles and bypassed paywalls to train artificial intelligence models.[Engadget]
- The lawsuit asserts that providing AI-generated alternatives has reduced website traffic and digital advertising revenue.[Engadget]
Key facts
- The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a joint copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday.[Engadget]
- The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft methodically scraped articles while bypassing paywalls to train AI systems.[Engadget]
- The plaintiffs claim AI-generated alternative content harms their business models by reducing site traffic and ad revenue.[Engadget]
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