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OpenAI, Microsoft had reason to investigate copyright infringement, US judge says

By Amy Miller ( April 5, 2025, 00:30 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI and Microsoft had reason to investigate and uncover copyright infringement by users of their artificial intelligence tools, a US judge in New York said, explaining why he allowed lawsuits filed by The New York Times and other newspapers to move forward. Newspapers also had numerous examples of OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot allegedly regurgitating copies of protected news articles, including “more than 100 pages of examples” provided by the New York Times, which “give rise to a plausible inference of copyright infringement,” US District Judge Sidney H. Stein said.OpenAI and Microsoft had reason to investigate and uncover copyright infringement by users of their artificial intelligence tools, a US judge in New York said today in an expanded order explaining why he allowed claims filed by The New York Times and other newspapers to move forward....

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