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The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies trained AI on their journalism; Microsoft and OpenAI are funders of Seattle Times (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

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Todd Bishop / GeekWire : The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies trained AI on their journalism; Microsoft and OpenAI are funders of Seattle Times Microsoft was sued Friday by the parent company of its hometown daily newspaper, The Seattle Times Co., which joi…

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Timeline · 3 reports

  1. 2026-09-06 23:36 · The Verge AI
    Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement
  2. 2026-09-05 22:49 · TechCrunch AI
    Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft
  3. 2026-09-05 20:50 · Techmeme
    The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies trained AI on their journalism; Microsoft and OpenAI are funders of Seattle Times (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

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