OpenAI an 'existential' threat to publishers, unsealed US litigation statements say
( September 17, 2026, 21:44 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: News outlets including the New York Times filed an updated version of their summary judgment motion in copyright litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft, with fewer redactions. Their lawsuits say the companies' model training practices violated US copyright law. OpenAI's head of ChatGPT wrote that publishers face an "existential threat," according to one newly-unsealed passage.See file attached....
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