American local media sue Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement

The American local media, including The Emory Times, sued Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing them of using a large amount of copyrighted articles without authorization to train AI models, and demanding compensation for damages and the deletion of infringing data.

Why it matters. This may affect the way copyright disputes between tech giants and content creators are handled, as well as the future regulations on the acquisition and use of AI training data.