Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI training on journalism

The newspapers claim that OpenAI and Microsoft used their journalistic content to train AI models without obtaining permission or paying compensation, constituting copyright infringement.

It may encourage regional publishers to demand fair licensing deals from AI companies or take similar legal action to protect their content.

Both companies typically argue that using content for training falls under fair use, but they have recently signed licensing agreements with some publishers to settle disputes.