The new process was jointly moved by two U.S. media agencies that accuse OpenAI and Microsoft of using their articles and reports to train artificial intelligence models without proper consent.
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07/09/2026
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A OpenAI and Microsoft are being subjected to a new media process in the US. This time it was the Seattle Times and the Newsday that went forward with a joint process where they accuse technology of training artificial intelligence models with other people's content.
How does the Reuters, in the process that entered the state of New York it is indicated that the models used in ChatGPT, Copilot and Bing version with Artificial Intelligence resort to the content of these media publications – namely content that could only be accessible by paying for access to the websites.
In the case, it is alleged that services with Artificial Intelligence can reproduce entire passages and paragraphs of articles and reports from Seattle Times and Newsday journalists. These companies therefore require OpenAI and Microsoft to destroy all copies of the material obtained on their websites, as well as the training models created from their content.
“ We firmly believe that we must defend our content – in which investments millions of dollars a year to produce – against use without our consent or compensation.”It can be read in the statement of the CEO and president of the Seattle Times, Alan Fisco, shared with the workers.
On the other hand, the two technology companies mentioned in this process do not seem to assume any responsibility.
OpenAI reports that it only uses publicly available material to train its Artificial Intelligence models, thus indicating that it did not resort to any exclusive and accessible content only to those who are willing to pay for access to it. Microsoft has noticed that it is surprised by the process, but notes that it is available to “sitting and exploring solutions”.
Trump side with OpenAI in court battle with New York Times
The Trump administration gives reason to OpenAI in a long dispute with the New York Times, which accuses ChatGPT creator of violating copyright by using its contents to train artificial intelligence models.
An official document presented to the New York federal court responsible for the case and consulted today by the French agency AFP invokes issues of “scientific progress”, economic growth and “national security” to justify the position of the US government.
“ For all these reasons, the United States has a primary interest in this court rejecting any argument according to which the training of large language models (LLM) based on protected texts (...) would violate copyright”, argues the US executive in the 20-page statement, signed by Deputy Attorney General Stanley Woodward.
In a publication on the X, Stanley Woodward further points out that US President Donald Trump “clearly stated that the domain in the field of AI is a crucial issue for national security, prosperity and economic mobility for all Americans.”.
“ This administration will never allow our nation to be at a disadvantage to our foreign opponents due to a manifestly wrong interpretation of copyright,” he added.
A spokesman for the New York Times, Graham James, quoted by the newspaper, reacted by criticizing the Trump administration for joining a handful of “multimillion-dollar companies” to the detriment of creators.
According to him, this favorable position for companies to be able to appropriate content without the consent or remuneration of their authors “would compromise the sustainability of the contents created by human beings, on which a healthy society depends and on which the AI needs to function”.
The dispute between the New York Times and OpenAI is old, taking into account the accelerated development of the generating AI. The newspaper filed a lawsuit against ChatGPT manufacturer and Microsoft almost three years ago at the end of December 2023.
Denouncing “a violation of copyright in terms of content and journalistic work,” the Times estimated at the time “several billion dollars” the losses suffered.
Neither OpenAI nor Microsoft have so far reacted to the “declaration of interest” of the US government.
Copyright has become a fundamental issue with the development of the generative AI.
The legal proceedings brought by the Times are based, inter alia, on a legal concept called “fair use”, which authorises the use of protected works without the consent of the rightholders.
Unlike the newspaper, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) considers that this concept applies to training AI models from written content.
According to DoJ, the restrictive interpretation of New York Times would be an obstacle to competition, which would amount to generously subsidising “old traditional media groups”.