That whistling sound you hear may not be an old-school newspaper walking past a graveyard—it may well be an AI industry-killing asteroid. On December 27, 2023, the New York Times filed a groundbreaking suit against OpenAI and Microsoft. The Times alleged copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s prohibition on removing copyright management, unfair competition, and trademark dilution. The 69-page, 204-paragraph complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, alleges, among many other things, that:
