By Emma Whitford ( July 9, 2026, 20:00 GMT | Insight) — News outlets including the New York Times and a slew of regional papers are seeking sanctions against OpenAI that could settle facts at the heart of their US copyright lawsuits. The plaintiffs say the company blocked discovery over the course of two years, obscuring the prevalence of protected works in its training data and ChatGPT outputs. News outlets including the New York Times and a slew of regional papers are seeking sanctions against OpenAI that could settle facts at the heart of their US copyright lawsuits. The plaintiffs say the company blocked discovery over the course of two years, obscuring the prevalence of protected works in its training data and ChatGPT outputs….
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