Publishers Seek Judgment Against Microsoft, OpenAI Over AI Copyright Claims
News publishers have moved for summary judgment in their US copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of their content to train artificial intelligence models. The lawsuit, which was filed in July 2026, alleges that the companies' use of copyrighted material without permission infringes on the publishers' rights.
The news organizations claim that Microsoft and OpenAI's AI models are trained on vast amounts of content, including articles, photos, and videos, without obtaining the necessary licenses or permissions from the copyright holders. This, they argue, constitutes copyright infringement and seeks judgment in their favor.
The case has significant implications for the use of copyrighted material in AI training data, with potentially far-reaching consequences for companies like Microsoft and OpenAI that rely on such content to develop their AI models.
A date for the summary judgment hearing has not been set.