Seattle Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI Over Alleged Unlicensed Use of Journalism

The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging that they used their journalism to train AI products without permission.

The lawsuit claims that the tech companies scraped hundreds of thousands of articles from both publications, bypassing paywalls and ignoring terms of service.

The suit seeks financial damages and the destruction of any training datasets and models built with the content.

The Seattle Times is suing two of its own funders, Microsoft Philanthropies, which underwrites some of its journalism projects. The company maintains editorial independence.