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TechMicrosoft says virtually nobody grabbed New York Times articles through Copilot

In copyright litigation, Microsoft says fewer than 1% of 8.2 million Copilot chat logs reproduced at least 16 words from news content. The company argues the figures support treating copyrighted material used to train AI as fair use, while publishers and authors claim Microsoft and OpenAI built competing products on their works.

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TThe Verge★★★☆☆2026-09-04 16:05Original

Microsoft says virtually nobody grabbed New York Times articles through Copilot
Microsoft says virtually nobody grabbed New York Times articles through CopilotTech