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NYT Amends Suit Claiming Microsoft Prompted OpenAI Copying

6/27/2026

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The New York Times filed an amendment to its lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the firms copied its articles.
The filing says Microsoft built a supercomputer that urged OpenAI to replicate NYT content and seeks to use the Supreme Court’s Cox standard.
Graham James said the amendment adds evidence, needs no extra discovery, will drop contributory copyright and trademark dilution claims, and that Microsoft called it a last-ditch effort.

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The New York Times filed an amendment to its lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the firms copied its articles.
The filing says Microsoft built a supercomputer that urged OpenAI to replicate NYT content and seeks to use the Supreme Court’s Cox standard.
Graham James said the amendment adds evidence, needs no extra discovery, will drop contributory copyright and trademark dilution claims, and that Microsoft called it a last-ditch effort.