More papers target AI as tech, politics, and publishers draw battle lines

As Trump publicly backs generative AI developers, The Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest to claim that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped their websites to use in ChatGPT, Copilot and Bing. The expanding litigation could shape how publishers protect valuable content—and how AI companies train and commercialise their models.

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