Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot

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Microsoft stated that its Copilot chatbot failed to fully reproduce the content of news articles or books such as The New York Times. The company provided 8.2 million chat logs to experts from the news industry, of which only 59,545 potentially related to works by The New York Times and other plaintiffs; the rest of the logs did not show any substantial reproduction of the content.

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T The Verge en 2026-09-05 00:05

Microsoft stated that its Copilot chatbot almost never fully reproduced the content of news articles or books, let alone substantial paragraphs from the original texts. During the legal proceedings against The New York Times and book authors, the company provided 8.2 million Copilot chat logs to experts hired by news publishers. These logs were selected because they contained statements related to keywords on the news plaintiff’s websites, and most of them potentially involved the plaintiff’s works. Analysis showed that only 59,545 of these logs potentially involved content from The New York Times and other plaintiffs.