TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 2, 2024

Eight prominent U.S. newspapers are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, Axios reports. They include: the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register and St. Paul Pioneer Press. The complaint centers on copyright infringement claims around the use of articles to train AI models and accusations of reputational damage when the AI platform makes up answers to users' queries. It comes on the heels of a similar case filed by the New York Times. Other news publishers have chosen not to sue, opting instead to negotiate paid deals with AI companies, which could be seen as undermining the argument that companies will be financially harmed by the AI platforms.