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Why is the New York Times suing Microsoft and OpenAI?

The below bullets are pulled from the “Prayer for Relief” in the lawsuit.

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It looks like Satya Nadella and Sam Altman have more battles they have to face together.

Does AI fall under fair use?

This is the real question at the heart of this lawsuit.

As previously stated, this issue is already beinglooked into by the U.S.

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The biggest issue facing the New York Times though is their choice of opponent.

If this lawsuit goes the distance and does end up setting a precedent or forces the U.S.

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Artificial Intelligence AI Assistant Apps - ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, Poe.

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