Rebecca Heath, NJ.com; Newspapers take on AI giants in court, warn of ‘death knell for local journalism’
"OpenAI and Microsoft are facing a federal lawsuit from hundreds of newspaper publishers who allege the tech giants unlawfully used their copyrighted content without permission or payment.
Former New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin is representing the coalition in the case filed June 24 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The lawsuit alleges OpenAI and Microsoft scraped publishers’ content to develop and commercialize artificial intelligence products, including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot...
“Local reporters should not have their work stolen without credit or compensation, and new technology does not come with an exemption from copyright law,” he added."
