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News outlets sue Microsoft and OpenAI over AI training data

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The Seattle Times and Newsday have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging that their copyrighted journalistic content was used without permission to train AI models. The publishers claim that hundreds of thousands of articles were scraped from their sites, bypassing paywalls and violating terms of service. They are seeking damages and the destruction of the AI training datasets that utilized their work. AI

IMPACT This lawsuit highlights ongoing legal challenges regarding the use of copyrighted material for AI training, potentially impacting future data acquisition and model development.

RANK_REASON Lawsuit filed against AI companies regarding data usage.

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News outlets sue Microsoft and OpenAI over AI training data

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing them of using their journalism to train AI models without permission. The lawsuit alleges

    The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing them of using their journalism to train AI models without permission. The lawsuit alleges hundreds of thousands of articles were scraped, bypassing paywalls and ignoring terms of service. It seeks damages and …

    LINKS geekwire.com/…/seattle-times-sues-microso…

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