Trump Administration Backs Open AI in New York Times Copyright Case, Calling AI Training Fair Use

The US Department of Justice has weighed in on the copyright dispute between OpenAI and The New York Times, telling a Manhattan federal court that training large language models on copyrighted text qualifies as fair use under US law. The brief was filed Tuesday with US District Judge Sidney Stein in the Southern District of New York. This marks the first time the federal government has formally stated its position in the ongoing series of copyright lawsuits brought by authors, publishers, music