Hollywood backs New York Times in AI copyright battle against OpenAI, Microsoft

Hollywood unions and creative organizations have filed amicus briefs backing The New York Times in its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft over the alleged use of news content to train AI models without authorization or compensation. The case could redefine copyright norms for AI training data, with direct implications for creator compensation and AI-related labor agreements across creative industries. The dispute centers on whether unlicensed ingestion of copyrighted works for model training constitutes fair use. Watch for judicial rulings on fair use and any settlement or licensing framework that could set precedent for AI developers and content owners.