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NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for ... Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav In a heavily redacted court filing Thursday, The New York Times proposed to amend its copyright complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft to clarify a claim and allege that Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal NYT works by building a bespoke supercomputing system ranked among the most powerful in the world. NYT’s motion comes after the Supreme Court sided with Cox Communications in a case where Sony tried and failed to claim that Cox was contributing to music piracy as an Internet service provider, which set a new standard for contributory infringement. Moving forward, plaintiffs will have to prove that parties intentionally acted to induce illegal conduct. Recognizing that the legal precedent has changed, the NYT now wants to amend its complaint to align its contributory infringement claim against Microsoft with that new standard. “Today, we asked the court for permission to file an amended complaint that further strengthens our case, clarifying our cla…

Microsoft’s $13 billion partnership with OpenAI is central to the lawsuit, which portrays the supercomputer as part of a broader strategy to capitalize on AI training using protected content. The Times seeks permanent injunctive relief, extensive damages, and the removal of copyrighted material

Nearly 400 local newspapers are named in a lawsuit against tech giants OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright. The complaint describes the unlicensed use of news content to train AI models as a "death knell" for local journalism that is struggling on "thin budgets and shrinking newsrooms." The […]

The court’s decision on whether to grant the motion to amend could expand Microsoft’s legal exposure beyond the existing claims against OpenAI. Filed originally on December 27, 2023—making it one of the longest-running AI copyright cases in U.S. history—the lawsuit may set a precedent for how

NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for OpenAI NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony.

The New York Times Sues Microsoft And OpenAI Over ChatGPT Copyright ... The New York Timesfiled a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI alleging that the companies used millions of articles from the newspaper to train the systems behind ChatGPT and other products like Copilot. “Presentada en un tribunal federal el viernes, la demanda se suma a más de otras 40 disputas judiciales entre titulares de derechos de autor y empresas de inteligencia artificial” The complaint says the “copia ilegal y el uso de obras de valor único” could mean payment of “miles de millones de dólares en daños legales y reales,” and it portrays the AI tools as a potential “competencia desleal” because they present copied information as reliable sources. The Timesalso accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of “tratar de aprovecharse” of the newspaper’s investment in journalism to create products that “le sustituyan y le roben la audiencia,” according to the lawsuit description. In parallel,El Periódico reports that the European Union has pushed regulation requiring generative AI systems to reveal whether they use protected copyright material, reflecting the broader debate over training on published content. El Peri…

NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for ... NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony. In a heavily redacted court filing Thursday, The New York Times proposed to amend its copyright complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft to clarify a claim and allege that Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal NYT works by building a bespoke supercomputing system ranked among the most powerful in the world. NYT’s motion comes after the Supreme Court sided with Cox Communications in a case where Sony tried and failed to claim that Cox was contributing to music piracy as an Internet service provider, which set a new standard for contributory infringement. Moving forward, plaintiffs will have to prove that parties intentionally acted to induce illegal conduct. Recognizing that the legal precedent has changed, the NYT now wants to amend its complaint to align its contributory infringement claim against Microsoft with that new standard. “Today, we asked the court for permission to file an amended complaint that further strengthens our case, clarifying our claim of contributory infringement against Microsoft based on new law and…

Local Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over Copyrighted ... Nearly 400 local and regional newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in federal court in New York on June 24, 2026, alleging that the companies copied millions of copyrighted articles to build and operate products including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot without permission or payment. The suit, filed in the Southern District of New York by Platkin LLP, is not the first copyright attack on generative AI, but it may be the one that best exposes the industry’s weakest political flank. This is no longer just a fight between elite national publishers and Silicon Valley platforms. It is a fight over whether local reporting becomes raw material for AI systems before the business model that created it collapses entirely. Local News Turns the AI Copyright War Into a Main Street Case​ The plaintiffs in Richner Communications, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. are not presenting themselves as incumbents trying to tax innovation. They are presenting themselves as the last working infrastructure of civic visibility in hundreds of American communities. That distinction matters because the AI copyright debate has often been framed as a clash betw…

**The New York Times has filed a motion to amend its copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI**, alleging that Microsoft designed and built a custom supercomputing system specifically to enable OpenAI to train large language models using millions of Times articles without

NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for ... Key Points: The New York Times (NYT) has filed a heavily redacted motion to amend its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal NYT content by building a custom supercomputer designed for training AI on copyrighted works without permission. This amendment follows a recent Supreme Court ruling raising the standard for contributory infringement, requiring plaintiffs to prove intentional inducement of illegal conduct; NYT aims to align its claims with this new legal precedent. NYT asserts that Microsoft’s bespoke supercomputing system disproportionately used NYT articles to train AI models, resulting in market harm by substituting NYT subscriptions and reputational harm from AI-generated false attributions. Evidence presented by NYT includes ChatGPT outputs showing near-verbatim reproductions of NYT articles and instances where AI falsely cited or fabricated NYT content, which NYT argues demonstrates direct market substitution and damages. OpenAI maintains that its AI training constitutes fair use and that ChatGPT is not a substitute for a NYT subsc…

Microsoft Slammed for Building Copyright-Infringing Supercomputer for OpenAI in New Court Filing The New York Times alleges Microsoft encouraged OpenAI to infringe on its copyrighted material. This claim is part of an amended complaint filed after a Supre… Telegram AI Digest #ai #microsoft #openai