Judge allows 'New York Times' copyright case against OpenAI to go forward
Source: NPR
Updated March 26, 2025 6:28 PM ET
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected OpenAI's request to toss out a copyright lawsuit from The New York Times that alleges that the tech company exploited the newspaper's content without permission or payment.
In an order allowing the lawsuit to go forward, Judge Sidney Stein, of the Southern District of New York, narrowed the scope of the lawsuit but allowed the case's main copyright infringement claims to go forward. Stein did not immediately release an opinion but promised one would come "expeditiously."
The decision is a victory for the newspaper, which has joined forces with other publishers, including The New York Daily News and the Center for Investigative Reporting, to challenge the way that OpenAI collected vast amounts of data from the web to train its popular artificial intelligence service, ChatGPT.
Attorney Steven Lieberman, who is on the legal team representing the news publishers, celebrated the judge's ruling.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5288157/new-york-times-openai-copyright-case-goes-forward
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