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OpenAI, Microsoft defend ChatGPT news training as fair use

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC · How we work

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OpenAI and Microsoft claim training ChatGPT on millions of news articles is fair use.
A 2023 lawsuit says the firms scraped over 91,000 copyrighted works, bypassing paywalls.
Internal Microsoft documents call the training “theft” and say AI products replace original news.
AI-driven search tools cut New York Times traffic by up to 93%.
On Sep 18 2026 Microsoft shares rose to $497.90 (+1.55%) while NYT stock fell to $69.75 (-3.68%).

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Story summary

OpenAI and Microsoft claim training ChatGPT on millions of news articles is fair use.
A 2023 lawsuit says the firms scraped over 91,000 copyrighted works, bypassing paywalls.
Internal Microsoft documents call the training “theft” and say AI products replace original news.
AI-driven search tools cut New York Times traffic by up to 93%.
On Sep 18 2026 Microsoft shares rose to $497.90 (+1.55%) while NYT stock fell to $69.75 (-3.68%).