US Government Backs OpenAI in Major AI Copyright Fight
US government sides with OpenAI in copyright fight. Image: Jonathan Kemper/Unsplash
The US government backs OpenAI and Microsoft in a major copyright fight, arguing AI training is fair use and important to national security.
Sep 3, 2026
The Justice Department has backed OpenAI and Microsoft in their high-stakes copyright fight with The New York Times, arguing that training AI models on copyrighted works constitutes fair use and that restricting the practice could give foreign rivals an advantage.
In a 20-page statement filed Sept. 1 in Manhattan federal court, the Trump administration weighed in on one of the most closely watched AI copyright disputes in the country. The DOJ urged Judge Sidney H. Stein to reject the Times’ argument that training large language models on copyrighted texts violates copyright law.
“The United States has a strong interest in this court rejecting any argument that training LLMs on copyrighted texts violates copyright...
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