Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times’ copyright case over training of chatbots

The Trump administration has formally backed OpenAI in an ongoing copyright lawsuit filed by The New York Times concerning the training of AI chatbots. In a court filing, the U.S. Justice Department argued that the creative possibilities and public benefits of training large language models on such content significantly outweigh any potential competitive harm.

The legal dispute centers on whether using copyrighted journalistic material to train artificial intelligence models constitutes fair use. The Justice Department's intervention aligns federal legal weight with the AI developer, emphasizing the broader societal utility of advanced language technologies over the intellectual property concerns raised by traditional publishers.