Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
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Source: The Verge (AI)September 4, 2026
Summary
Microsoft claims that its Copilot chatbot (an AI assistant that answers user questions) rarely copies full sentences or large portions from news articles and books, even when processing chat logs specifically selected to find such copying. The company made these arguments in legal documents while defending itself against copyright lawsuits from The New York Times and other publishers.
Classification
Attack SophisticationModerate
Impact (CIA+S)
integrity
AI Component TargetedAPI
Affected Vendors
Microsoft
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Original source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/990267/microsoft-openai-new-york-times-authors-lawsuit
First tracked: September 4, 2026 at 02:01 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%