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Microsoft's latest legal filings regarding its Copilot chatbot reveal that the system rarely reproduces substantive chunks of copyrighted text from news articles or books in user interactions. The company argues these low rates of overlap support a fair use defense, asserting that the transformative nature of LLM training outweighs occasional textual matches. This development is central to the ongoing copyright disputes shaping the legal and operational landscape for generative AI models.

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Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot

The VergeSeptember 4, 20263 min read

Microsoft's Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news articles and books, let alone substantive chunks that could substitute for the original, the company says in new legal filings as it fights copyright claims from publishers including The New York Times and book authors. As part of the lawsuit's discovery, Microsoft provided 8.2 million Copilot chat logs to an expert hired by news publishers. The logs, it claims, were specifically chosen "because they hit on keywords implicating use of News Plaintiffs' websites, and therefore the most likely to contain News Plaintiffs' works." It says the resulting analysis shows that 59,545 … Read the full story at The Verge.

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Microsoft’s Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news…

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