NYT case against OpenAI and Microsoft can advance
By Sara Fischer, Axios, April 1, 2025
A U.S. District Court judge last week denied most of OpenAI's motion to dismiss a lawsuit against it and its minority owner Microsoft from the New York Times.
Why it matters: The ruling allows most of the Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft to proceed, paving the way for a possible trial.
Between the lines: The two tech firms never challenged the Times' claims of direct copyright infringement, which alleged they copied the Times' works to train their large language models.
But they did file motions to dismiss most of the Times' other complaints.
The judge's decision last week to deny several of those motions to dismiss the Times' other claims gives the outlet more ways to win its case.
Catch up quick: The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement in late 2023, becoming the first major news publisher to sue AI firms to protect its intellectual property.
