Court filings show OpenAI and Microsoft executives described AI as news substitute

Newly public court filings in the New York Times copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft quote executives describing AI products as largely substitutive of journalism and an existential threat to publishers. News outlets argue the statements undermine the companies’ fair-use defense that AI training is transformative and non-competitive. The disclosures intensify the legal battle over whether training on copyrighted news content constitutes infringement.