Law360: A group of local news publishers has sued OpenAI and Microsoft claiming their copyright-protected news content was improperly scraped from the internet to train the artificial intelligence (AI) models ChatGPT and Copilot, adding to a number of lawsuits accusing tech firms of making illegal use of journalistic work.

Law360: Some of the biggest names in literature and journalism can pursue their claim of direct copyright infringement against OpenAI based on the outputs of ChatGPT, a Manhattan federal judge ruled on 27 October 2025, saying the complaint 'squarely alleges' actual copying of the writers' works and substantially similar artificial intelligence outputs.

OpenAI is facing a second EU data protection investigation from the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) (Autoritet Persoonsgegevens), because of its ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) application. The Dutch DPA is now questioning OpenAI about how it uses personal data to train its AI system.

MLex: OpenAI’s ChatGPT has surpassed 120 million monthly users in the EU, crossing the 45 million threshold that could see it designated as a ‘systemic risk’ search engine under the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA). The move would make ChatGPT the first standalone AI service regulated under the EU DSA, marking a key precedent for how AI-driven online services are regulated in Europe. Formal designation could still take a few weeks.

MLex: OpenAI is considering its next steps after a German court found its models infringed copyright by memorising and reproducing song lyrics contained in the repertoire of the claimant , German music rights body GEMA.

MLex: OpenAI, the firm behind generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, breaches the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by producing incorrect information about people, according to a new complaint by Austrian campaign group Noyb. The group said on 29 April 2024 that it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority, Datenschutz behörde (DSB). The statement follows.

MLex: OpenAI, the company behind generative-AI chatbot ChatGPT, is breaching the EU data protection rules by producing false information about individuals, according to a new complaint from the Austrian campaign group Noyb. The organization announced today that it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority and is demanding a fine be imposed on OpenAI.

MLex: OpenAI’s latest user figures for its ChatGPT Search feature are likely to renew questions over whether the service could fall under the EU’s strictest digital platform rules. The company said Monday night that it had reached around 159 million average monthly active recipients in the EU, up from September. While the figure is well above the 45 million user threshold set out in the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission is still assessing whether the service should be formally classified under the rules.

Law360: OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft each have lodged challenges in New York federal court to a consolidated proposed class action from a group of best-selling authors who claim their works were used to train ChatGPT, saying the consolidated litigation went beyond the court's permissible scope.

MLEX: OpenAI, X, Google and Meta will be able to use legitimate interests as a legal basis for processing personal data for developing and deploying AI models provided that adequate mitigation measures are in place, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) said in an influential opinion today. The EDPB opinion also touched upon how to address unlawful data processing for AI model development, and in what circumstances AI models can be considered anonymised.

MLex: The UK Intellectual Property Office invalidated UK trade mark rights in ‘GPT’ and ‘ChatGPT’ while rejecting OpenAI’s bid to block ChainGPT LLC from registering its name there. The decision gives UK applicants new ammunition to argue ‘GPT’ describes, rather than identifies, the source of AI software.

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