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New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

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Source: Al JazeeraAlso reported by PBS NewsHour

The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in federal court in Manhattan on 27 December 2023, alleging they used millions of its articles without permission to train chatbots that now compete with it. The Times seeks damages it puts in the billions of dollars and the destruction of models and training sets that include its work. It said talks with both companies since April had not reached a resolution.

Why it matters

A major newspaper asked a US court to order models destroyed over training data, raising the stakes for every developer that trained on news sites without a licence.

When
27 Dec 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0126
Who
The New York Times, OpenAI, Microsoft
Authority
US District Court, S.D. New York
Target
OpenAI; Microsoft
Action
civil suit; billions of dollars (sought)
Status
open · Enforcement ledger

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Al Jazeera and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Al Jazeera

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: Led toUS Justice Department backs OpenAI’s fair-use defence in New York Times case

Cite this story

WTA-N-2023-0126: “New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement.” wheresthe.ai, 27 Dec 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-nyt-v-openai-microsoft-filed-2023-12/ (source: Al Jazeera).

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