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U.S. government sides with OpenAI in New York Times copyright lawsuit
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Copyright has been a major battleground for the generative AI sector, with publishers, musicians and artists lawyering up or cutting deals to get paid for technology that is being built with their content.
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President Trump's administration is signaling support of OpenAI as it defends itself from a lawsuit brought by The New York Times over fair use of the outlet's content. The Times sued OpenAI in 2023 over the use of its journalism to train its systems and popular chatbots, which are used by millions …
The government argues that restrictions on AI training will undermine national security, as well as competition among AI companies and news publishers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is wading into a legal fight between OpenAI and the New York Times, backing the ChatGPT-maker’s argument in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology by ingesting and processing millions of news articles.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration threw its support behind OpenAI, backing the AI giant in its ongoing litigation with The New York Times. The Department of Justice voiced its support through a statement of interest (SOI) filed with the Manhattan judge overseeing the case, which includes a doze…
Donald Trump told White House visiting GOP Congressional candidates tonight that “the media has gained respect for us, they cannot believe what we’ve done.” The New York Times might beg to differ, at least when it comes to Artificial Intelligence.
The administration's support for OpenAI in its legal fight against The New York Times departed from historic norms and could save AI companies billions of dollars.
Copyright has been a major battleground for the generative AI sector, with publishers, musicians and artists lawyering up or cutting deals to get paid for technology that is being built with their content.
The DOJ filed a brief siding with OpenAI in its copyright lawsuit with the New York Times, arguing that training AI systems on copyrighted material counts as fair use. The DOJ's brief does not completely align with the Trump Administration's AI framework released earlier this year.
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