Microsoft copyright defense threatened by OpenAI executive quotes

Reuters · 2 hours ago
  • Court filings made public Thursday show OpenAI and Microsoft executives privately described their AI products as substitutes for journalism.
  • The New York Times and other news outlets argue the statements gut the tech companies' fair-use defense in a closely watched Manhattan federal copyright case.
  • News outlets say AI products threaten to displace journalists; an OpenAI employee said publishers face an 'existential threat' from its products.