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.
As Ukraine sells millions of drone data points to defense and AI companies, a former Biden White House researcher warns the front line is becoming a model training site that demands regulation.
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 publishers target Claude's training data in a multibillion-dollar case that could reshape how AI companies license creative work.
Music giants claim Claude was trained on pirated lyrics and sheet music, seeking massive statutory damages that could reshape AI training practices.