OpenAI offers 400+ ChatGPT Edu subscriptions to CUNY, Medill journalism programs
OpenAI is providing more than 400 ChatGPT Edu subscriptions to interested graduate students and faculty at two journalism schools.
Lawsuit
Microsoft says Copilot chat logs undercut New York Times copyright claims
Microsoft told a federal judge that 59,545 of 8.2 million Copilot chat logs shared at least 16 words with plaintiff news content.
Seattle Times and Newsday join publisher AI lawsuits against OpenAI, Microsoft
The Seattle Times, Newsday, Wikihow and Argentina's Editorial Perfil have all sued OpenAI, pushing the number of publisher cases past a dozen.
Justice Department backs OpenAI in copyright fight with The New York Times
The government says a ruling against OpenAI could threaten national security and put smaller publishers at a disadvantage.
News Corp’s Thomson vows more AI lawsuits, calls out Perplexity and Brave
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson threatened new legal action against AI firms and their customers over scraped content.
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New York Times leans into video as search declines
The Times added 280,000 digital subscribers in Q2 2026, down from Q1, as CEO Meredith Kopit Levien blames declining search and touts video bets.
Judge allows Reddit’s data scraping lawsuit against Perplexity to procee
A Manhattan judge advanced most of Reddit's copyright and conspiracy claims against Perplexity and three data-scraping firms over AI training data.
Delhi High Court rules OpenAI’s training on ANI news content is fair dealing
A Delhi High Court judge ruled OpenAI's training of ChatGPT on ANI articles falls under India's fair-dealing exemption for research.
OpenAI invests another $8 million in the American Journalism Project
OpenAI is committing $5 million and $3 million in tech credits to the American Journalism Project over the next two years.
News Corp countersues Brave over alleged AI scraping of WSJ and Post articles
News Corp accused search company Brave of flagrant theft in reselling copyrighted articles to AI firms, escalating a dispute Brave started in 2025.