“Defendants seek to free-ride on The Times’s massive investment in its journalism by using it to build substitutive products without permission or payment”
The Times says ChatGPT and Copilot recite its articles verbatim and wants billions in damages plus its work pulled from the training data. It negotiated for months first and walked away. OpenAI says it is “surprised and disappointed” because the talks were “productive.” This is a licensing negotiation with a court filing attached.