OpenAI, Microsoft Bid for NYT Revenue Info Shot Down by Judge

A federal magistrate judge rejected OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s requests for information from New York Times Co. related to the newspaper’s arguments AI models are hurting its business and affecting the market for its news content.

Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang shot down several discovery requests from the tech companies, including those asking the Times to hand over readership and performance data for its website content, in a slew of text-only orders filed Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

OpenAI and Microsoft, accused of copying the Times’ and other ...