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US government backs OpenAI in New York Times AI copyright fight
The Trump administration said AI training can be fair use and argued that constraining large language models could hamper scientific progress and national security.
The Trump administration filed a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with the New York Times and other newspapers over whether using copyrighted material to train ChatGPT-style large language models violates copyright law, according to a filing in Manhattan federal court.
The brief, filed Tuesday, said the United States has a strong interest in rejecting any argument that training LLMs on copyrighted texts is illegal, citing concerns that such a view would run counter to scientific advancement and national security.
U.S. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said AI dominance is important for national security, prosperity, and economic mobility, while U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick separately urged other countries at a G20 meeting to embrace fair use so AI firms can train on creators' work while still protecting artists.
The New York Times lawsuit, first filed in 2023, accuses OpenAI and Microsoft, its largest financial backer, of using millions of newspaper articles without permission to train the chatbot. The case is part of a broader wave of copyright actions involving tech firms including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, with courts focusing on whether AI training amounts to fair use through creating transformative content.