NYT Updates Lawsuit Against Microsoft and OpenAI

The New York Times has shifted its focus in a legal lawsuit, accusing Microsoft of building a specialized supercomputing system designed to train models on protected content.

Compiled by Sergey KostenchukPublished 2026-06-27Updated 2026-06-27

2026-06-27 Business OpenAI

💼 NYT Updates Lawsuit Against Microsoft and OpenAI

The New York Times has filed an updated lawsuit, shifting its focus toward Microsoft. The publication claims that the company created a supercomputing system (285k+ CPU cores and 10k GPUs) specifically designed to train models on copyrighted content.

🌍 Legal risk is shifting from model developers to infrastructure providers. If a court recognizes the creation of such hardware as "willful aiding and abetting," it would set a precedent for all cloud giants, including AWS and Google Cloud.

👤 The fight for copyright is moving into the realm of technical capability for infringement. This could impact the availability and cost of cloud computing for AI startups.

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