This Saturday, The Seattle Times and Newsday are suing OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement. Multiple sources, including Livemint, ua.news, The News International, Engadget, Startup Fortune, and TechCrunch, confirm the newspapers claim their journalistic content, including paywalled material, was scraped without permission to train AI systems like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Bing's AI. They argue this practice harms their business by reducing website traffic and subscription