Copyright Infringement Claims
A coalition of newspapers, including and the , accuses and of illegally using their copyrighted content to train AI models like and , without permission or compensation.
OpenAI and Microsoft argue their use of copyrighted material falls under the fair use doctrine, claiming their AI products promote human flourishing and do not harm the market for the original works.
Legal Defenses and Arguments
The tech companies filed motions to dismiss some claims, citing reasons such as the newspapers' failure to provide specific examples of infringement and arguments related to the statute of limitations.
During court proceedings, OpenAI's attorney emphasized that the AI models are not designed to regurgitate news articles verbatim, and any copyright infringement would require deliberate user prompting.