Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot

In the NYT authors' copyright lawsuit, Microsoft submitted data from over 8 million Copilot chat logs: fewer than 1% of responses regurgitated at least 16 consecutive words. The company argues this shows users aren't using Copilot to bypass the paywall. The 16-word threshold is low, and the post doesn't clarify whether those outputs were prompted or spontaneous. Treat this as a legal tactic, not a clean technical exoneration.