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TechCrunch AI·Anthony Ha·Sep 5, 2026, 10:49 PM

Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over AI Training

Original title:Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft

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The Seattle Times and Newsday have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that their reported journalism was scraped and used without authorization to train artificial intelligence models. The legal action broadens the front of media litigation from national publications to prominent regional newspapers, sustaining long-term pressure on major frontier model developers regarding the unlicensed ingestion of copyrighted editorial archives.

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The involvement of regional newsrooms demonstrates the widening scope and enduring legal friction over unauthorized training data intake facing foundation model providers.

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OpenAIMicrosoftSeattle TimesNewsdayCopyrightAI LitigationJournalism

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