Newspapers Challenge Microsoft and OpenAI’s Bid to Dismiss Copyright Lawsuit Over AI Training Data

In a recent legal battle, eight newspapers have criticized Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI Inc.’s attempts to dismiss a copyright lawsuit in New York federal court. The newspapers accuse the tech giants of infringing upon their copyrights by using their articles to train chatbots. OpenAI’s legal motion was disparaged as reading “like a press release” rather than a substantive legal argument, while Microsoft’s defense was described as merely “telling its story,” which the newspapers claim is fraught with inaccuracies. Further details on this developing case can be found through Law360.