Here's something that keeps bugging me about OpenAI's content strategy. They've locked in a partnership with Wall Street Journal for training data, sure. But the elephant in the room? That ongoing legal mess with The New York Times remains unresolved.

Think about it – you're building the most advanced language models on the planet, yet you're deliberately excluding what many consider America's paper of record. Whether you personally think NYT leans too far left or not is beside the point. The sheer depth and breadth of their archives, the investigative reporting, the cultural documentation spanning decades – that's training gold just sitting there.

This standoff feels shortsighted. Settling could unlock access to premium editorial content that shapes public discourse. Instead, we're watching a standoff drag on while competitors might be cutting their own deals. Sometimes the smartest move isn't about being right – it's about being strategic.