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New York Times Leads Lawsuit Against Microsoft, OpenAI

By Drooid · Sep 19, 2026, 3:21 PM UTC · How we work

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U.S. publishers, led by The New York Times, sued Microsoft and OpenAI for alleged copyright theft.
OpenAI engineer demonstrated a hack that bypassed the Times paywall to CEO Greg Brockman.
Internal Microsoft data show Times click-through rates fell 87%-93% when users accessed Bing Chat.
Bing Chat copied 394 of 396 words from the Times’ 2023 article “The Secrets Hamas knew about Israel’s Military.”

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U.S. publishers, led by The New York Times, sued Microsoft and OpenAI for alleged copyright theft.
OpenAI engineer demonstrated a hack that bypassed the Times paywall to CEO Greg Brockman.
Internal Microsoft data show Times click-through rates fell 87%-93% when users accessed Bing Chat.
Bing Chat copied 394 of 396 words from the Times’ 2023 article “The Secrets Hamas knew about Israel’s Military.”