Trump Administration Supports OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

<figure> <img alt="Vector illustration of the Chat GPT logo." src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25462046/STK155_OPEN_AI_CVirginia_2_C.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Trump administration has intervened in <em>The New York Times'</em> copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, making an argument in favor of the AI lab.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The lawsuit, filed in <a href="https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf">December 2023</a>, alleges that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on articles from <em>The New York Times</em> and seeks to recover "billions of dollars" in damages from both Microsoft and OpenAI. This week, the Trump administration filed a <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68117049/1464/the-new-york-times-company-v-microsoft-corporation/">statement of interest</a> in the case, supporting OpenAI's argument that it is fair use to train an AI model on copyrighted text.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The statement argues that <em>The New York Times</em> seeks to narrow the fair-use doctrine to exclude the training of OpenAI's large language models.</p>