U.S. Government Supports OpenAI: AI Training is a Fair Use, Limiting Copyright Would Harm Technological Innovation
The U.S. government submitted documents to the court, publicly supporting OpenAI's position in its copyright dispute with publishers such as The New York Times. The Department of Justice stated that using news content to train AI models complies with the 'fair use' principle. Previously, The New York Times sued Microsoft and OpenAI in December 2023, accusing ChatGPT and Copilot of using its content without authorization.