'New York Times' Sues OpenAI, Microsoft for Copyright Infringement

"Defendants' unlawful use of The Times' work to create artificial intelligence products that compete with it threatens The Times's ability to provide that service," the complaint alleges. "Through Microsoft's Bing Chat (recently rebranded as "Copilot") and OpenAI's ChatGPT, Defendants seek to free-ride on The Times's massive investment in its journalism by using it to build substitutive products without permission or payment."

Notably, the complaint states that until recently the Times was in talks with both companies but that negotiations broke down.