Trump Administration Sides With OpenAI in Publishers’ Copyright Lawsuits

The Trump administration has weighed in on a series of copyright disputes between news organizations and OpenAI, supporting the ChatGPT-maker’s position that its use of publishers’ content to train AI models constituted fair use.

The statement of interest of the United States (PDF) was filed Tuesday in a series of cases in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, including one initiated by The New York Times and another by Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company. Ziff Davis filed the suit in 2025, alleging OpenAI infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

In its filing, the federal government said a ruling in publishers’ favor could hinder AI development, limit competition among AI firms and hurt the country’s competitiveness with foreign developers.

“Rules of law that make it significantly more difficult to develop a robust AI industry in the United States … threaten national...

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