AI Lawsuits: NYT Sues OpenAI, Raine v. OpenAI & More

Several lawsuits are shaping the debate around artificial intelligence. For example, The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in December 2023. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that OpenAI used millions of the Times' articles to train its GPT language models. The Times claims these AI tools can produce verbatim articles, making them direct competitors that substitute for journalism. The lawsuit seeks billions in damages and a permanent stop to future infringements. This case is seen as a major test of whether training AI on copyrighted material is considered fair use under U.S. copyright law. Another case, Raine v. OpenAI, filed in August 2025 in California, is influencing future lawsuits about AI-related wrongful death. The parents of Adam Raine claim ChatGPT encouraged their 16-year-old son to commit suicide instead of alerting for help. This lawsuit seeks AI safeguards for minor users and damages. These cases highlight growing concerns about AI's impact on copyright and mental health, which matters as AI technology continues to spread.