Microsoft says 8.2M Copilot logs show minimal NYT article reproduction
microsoft provided 8.2 million copilot chat logs to an expert, finding fewer than 1% regurgitated at least 16 words from news articles, which may bolster its fair use case.
microsoft provided 8.2 million copilot chat logs to an expert hired by news publishers. the logs showed 59,545 contained at least 16 words in common with news content. an expert found 51 instances of 'substantial overlap' with cir work and 24 responses with at least 30 matching words. microsoft argues these numbers support its fair use case for using copyrighted content in ai training datasets.