Lawsuit against OpenAI over newspaper copyright issues can proceed, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled that The New York Times and other newspapers can proceed with a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using their stories to train artificial intelligence chatbots.

U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of New York on Wednesday dismissed some of the claims made by media organizations but allowed the bulk of the case to continue, possibly to a jury trial.

"We appreciate Judge Stein's careful consideration of these issues," New York Times attorney Ian Crosby said in a statement. "As the order indicates, all of our copyright claims will continue against Microsoft and Open AI for their widespread theft of millions of The Times's works, and we look forward to continuing to pursue them."