OpenAI copyright lawsuits from New York Times, authors consolidated in Manhattan

A US judicial panel decided on Thursday to consolidate in New York several copyright cases brought by prominent authors and news outlets against OpenAI and its largest backer Microsoft.

The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s order moves California lawsuits brought by Ta-Nehisi Coates, comedian Sarah Silverman and other writers to Manhattan federal court to be joined with similar cases from news publications including The New York Times and authors including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen and George R.R. Martin.

OpenAI proposed…