Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft

Two more news organizations, The Seattle Times and Newsday, are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the alleged use of their journalism to train AI models. The lawsuit argues that generative AI could leave the journalism industry "broken beyond repair," describing the technology as "a snake eating its own tail" that threatens to destroy the very organizations that produce the content it is trained on. "AI products like ChatGPT and CoPilot are touted as producers of content, but in fact they are rapacious consumers, devouring human-authored content and delivering back to the world copies and derivative imitations," the lawsuit states. The case is particularly notable as Microsoft and OpenAI have previously funded journalism projects and fellowships at The Seattle Times. A Microsoft spokesperson told GeekWire that the company is "surprised by the lawsuit" but remains open to exploring solutions to the dispute.