Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times' copyright case

The Trump administration is backing OpenAI over the New York Times in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology using millions of news articles. In court papers filed Tuesday, the Justice Department supported OpenAI’s argument that training its AI models on troves of writings found on the internet is protected by the “fair use” doctrine of copyright law. The Justice Department argued that “the creative possibilities and public benefits” of training large language models on such content “far outweigh any competitive harm.” The New York Times said Wednesday that the administration is siding with AI companies at the expense of the American creators “whose work they stole.”