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title: "Microsoft Director Called AI News Scraping Theft in Unsealed NYT Lawsuit"
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published_at: "2026-09-18T18:55:30.000Z"
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topics: ["openai","anthropic","regulation","news","data-scraping","microsoft","nyt-lawsuit","ai-training"]
source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/microsoft-director-called-ai-news-scraping-theft-in-unsealed-nyt-lawsuit-947e5c57","https://huggingnews.com/ai/microsoft-director-called-ai-news-scraping-theft-in-unsealed-nyt-lawsuit-947e5c57"]
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# Microsoft Director Called AI News Scraping Theft in Unsealed NYT Lawsuit

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**Published:** 2026-09-18T18:55:30.000Z
**Category:** Legal
**Topics:** openai, anthropic, regulation, news, data\-scraping, microsoft, nyt\-lawsuit, ai\-training

## Summary

Internal memos released Thursday in a copyright case show that Microsoft employees privately questioned the legality of training generative AI models on news p…

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/microsoft-director-called-ai-news-scraping-theft-in-unsealed-nyt-lawsuit-947e5c57>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/microsoft-director-called-ai-news-scraping-theft-in-unsealed-nyt-lawsuit-947e5c57>)