Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, WEHCO join lawsuit against OpenAI, Microsoft (opens in new tab)

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and WEHCO Newspapers Inc. have joined 33 other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing that the technology companies "systematically and willfully stole copyrighted news articles" and used that content to train and build commercial AI products including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, according to a news release from Platkin LLP, a New York City law firm representing the plaintiffs.