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News Outlets Sue AI Giants Over Copyright | Irvine News
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- Sep 5, 2026
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Summary
News organizations are launching a fierce legal battle against Microsoft and OpenAI, demanding a court rule that training AI models on their copyrighted articles isn’t fair use. They argue this practice steals journalists’ hard work, jeopardizing both journalism’s future and the incentive to create original content. Lawyers are pushing to unseal explosive internal documents they say prove tech executives knew they were unlawfully copying content — calling them a “smoking bazooka.” Meanwhile, OpenAI and Microsoft defend their systems as transformative and fact-based, claiming AI merely makes information more accessible — even as users increasingly rely on these tools for news. The core question: Is using copyrighted news to fuel AI models essentially theft? Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: [email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/2e9077bda49fe460 Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews