Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI training
Two more newsrooms join the legal fight, claiming their journalism was used without permission to train AI models.

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Two more newsrooms join the legal fight, claiming their journalism was used without permission to train AI models.
The AI training-data firm's $12.5M bid outbids Google by $2.5M and proposes an ombudsman chosen by Spirit's advisers, a move that could set a new standard for data sales in liquidations.
The amended complaint turns people who merely walked into a Meta-Glasses camera frame into plaintiffs, landing just after Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion over the next decade for child-safety.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense is selling millions of drone flight data points to train AI for both military and commercial use, creating a new market with unresolved legal and ethical questions.
Music giants claim Claude was trained on pirated lyrics and sheet music, seeking massive statutory damages that could reshape AI training practices.