--- title: "Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI training" description: "All outlets reported that the Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in a US federal court, alleging the companies used the newspapers’ journalism without permission to train AI systems. The framing and emphasis were largely uniform across the coverage, with each excerpt focusing primarily on the copyright infringement claim. Dawn and Aaj News (English) included the phrase “allege copyright infringement” and “accusing the technology companies,” respectively, while The News International described the lawsuit as being “over AI training” and mentioned “violation of copyright rules.” No outlet provided additional context or angles beyond what was stated in the excerpts." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6676-seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-and-microsoft-allege site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI training technology · latest filing 6 Sep 2026, 10:28 PM PKT · 5–6 Sep 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the lawsuit filed by the Seattle Times and Newsday against OpenAI and Microsoft, emphasizing the allegation that the tech companies used the newspapers’ journalism without permission to train their AI systems. The framing was largely consistent, with the focus on the copyright infringement claim in federal court. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 6 Sep 2026 — OpenAI and Microsoft sued by newspapers over unauthorized AI training (1 outlet) - **ARY News (English)** — [OpenAI and Microsoft sued by newspapers over unauthorized AI training](https://arynews.tv/openai-and-microsoft-sued-by-newspapers-over-unauthorized-ai-training) · 6 Sep 2026, 10:28 PM PKT > The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, claims the companies took paywalled content and used ### 5 Sep 2026 — Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI training (3 outlets) > All outlets reported that the Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in a US federal court, alleging the companies used the newspapers’ journalism without permission to train AI systems. The framing and emphasis were largely uniform across the coverage, with each excerpt focusing primarily on the copyright infringement claim. Dawn and Aaj News (English) included the phrase “allege copyright infringement” and “accusing the technology companies,” respectively, while The News International described the lawsuit as being “over AI training” and mentioned “violation of copyright rules.” No outlet provided additional context or angles beyond what was stated in the excerpts. - **Aaj News (English)** — [Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft over AI training](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330471001/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-microsoft-over-ai-training) · 5 Sep 2026, 3:45 PM PKT > The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft in a US federal court, accusing the technology companies of using their journalism without permission to train artificial intelligence systems. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the companies scraped content from the newspapers’ websites, including material protected by pay... - **Dawn** — [Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft; allege copyright infringement](https://www.dawn.com/news/2027678/seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-and-microsoft-allege-copyright-infringement) · 5 Sep 2026, 1:11 PM PKT · 95% identical wording to the newest filing > The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday, alleging in federal court that the tech companies ​copied the newspapers’ journalism without permission to train their AI systems. The suit ‌in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped the newspapers’ websites, including content behind paywalls, and incorporated articl... - **The News International** — [OpenAI, Microsoft sued by US newspapers over AI training](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1414932-openai-microsoft-sued-by-us-newspapers-over-ai-training) · 5 Sep 2026, 11:09 AM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing > OpenAI and Microsoft have been hit with another lawsuit by the US newspapers alleging the violation of copyright rules over the artificial intelligence training. The Seattle Times and Newsday sued the both tech companies in federal... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. 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