On Tuesday, a lawsuit was filed in a New York federal court by eight US newspapers against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the tech giants of unlawfully using their copyrighted content. The newspapers, including The New York Daily News and The Chicago Tribune, are owned by Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Group and Tribune Publishing.
"This lawsuit arises from defendants purloining millions of the publishers' copyrighted articles without permission and without payment to fuel the commercialization of their generative artificial intelligence products, including ChatGPT and (Microsoft's) Copilot," the complaint said. The newspapers argue that the use of their content by these companies should be with the publishers' consent and appropriate compensation.
