On 2 September 2026, the Trump administration filed a legal brief supporting OpenAI in its copyright dispute with the New York Times and other newspapers. The government argued that training large language models on copyrighted works generally constitutes fair use under U.S. law.
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The Trump administration files a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with NYT, saying training LLMs on copyrighted works generally constitutes fair use (Blake Brittain/Reuters) https://www. reuters.com/legal/litigation/u s-government-backs-openai-new-york-times-copyright-case-2026-09-02/ http:// mediagazer.com/260902/p11#a260 902p11
US government backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright case Reuters
# US government backs # OpenAI in # NYTimes # copyright case over use of work to train # LLM behind ChatGPT, saying # AI training generally makes fair use of copyrighted material. The brief appears to be the first time the U.S. government has weighed in on a wave of cases brought by copyright owners including authors, publishers, music labels and news outlets over # AItraining , in a development t
The Trump administration has filed a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with the New York Times and other newspapers over the company's use of their work to train the large language models behind ChatGPT, saying AI training generally makes fair use of copyrighted material.
The lawsuit, first filed in 2023, accuses OpenAI and its financial backer, Microsoft, of using millions of newspaper articles without permission to train its chatbot.
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