Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement

AITopTools Editorial TeamSeptember 6, 2026

What changed

The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement. The newspapers say their journalism was used without permission to train AI models and that the systems sometimes reproduce passages from their reporting in response to users.

What this means for you

The case could affect how news organizations’ work is used to build AI tools and whether users receive copied news passages in answers. It adds to the legal uncertainty facing OpenAI and Microsoft, but the feed does not indicate any immediate change in product access.

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