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Reuters: Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over AI Copyright

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1The Seattle Times and Newsday filed their complaint on September 4, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, case 1:26-cv-07644.

The Seattle Times Company and Newsday sued OpenAI entities and Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 4, 2026, under case number 1:26-cv-07644. The filed complaint and docket confirm the lawsuit covered by Reuters.

The complaint accuses the defendants of copying journalistic content without permission or compensation and using it to develop AI products that compete with the publishers. These are the plaintiffs’ allegations; filing a complaint does not establish the defendants’ legal liability.

Both newspapers participated in an AI collaboration announced by the Lenfest Institute with OpenAI and Microsoft in October 2024, worth up to $10 million in direct funding and software credits.

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What changed: Verified the filing date and case number from the complaint, distinguished allegations from findings, and removed market speculation.

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What changed: Attributed the lawsuit to Reuters rather than presenting it as established fact, added that EL7 could not find a filed complaint, case number or party statement, and noted the two papers' earlier participation in a collaboration program with OpenAI and Microsoft. Also corrected META's closing price in the English version from $499.70 to $616.77.