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News Publishers Sue OpenAI, Microsoft Over 11.2 Million Copying

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC · How we work

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U.S. news publishers sued OpenAI and Microsoft for training AI on millions of articles without permission.
Court filings show over 3.9 million Tampa Bay Times pieces and 7.3 million other newspaper articles were copied.
The suit now includes more than 550 news outlets such as the Tampa Bay Times, Austin Chronicle and SwimSwam.
Internal data indicate 36% of Times subscribers feel they no longer need the newspaper after using ChatGPT.

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U.S. news publishers sued OpenAI and Microsoft for training AI on millions of articles without permission.
Court filings show over 3.9 million Tampa Bay Times pieces and 7.3 million other newspaper articles were copied.
The suit now includes more than 550 news outlets such as the Tampa Bay Times, Austin Chronicle and SwimSwam.
Internal data indicate 36% of Times subscribers feel they no longer need the newspaper after using ChatGPT.