News Outlets Urge Court to Give Little Weight to DOJ Support for OpenAI in Copyright Fight

News Groups Call Out DOJ's Backing Of Fair Use In AI Fight

A group of news organizations including The New York Times responded Monday to a letter of interest from the government supporting the view that artificial intelligence companies' use of copyrighted material for training counts as fair use, saying it was inconsistent with the views of the U.S. Copyright Office and the facts of the case.

Justice Department Backs OpenAI Fair-Use Defense in Copyright Case

A 20-page filing argues that training large language models on copyrighted text is highly transformative, while leaving questions about AI outputs for the court.

News outlets urge court to give little weight to DOJ support for OpenAI in copyright fight

Major news publishers urge a Manhattan court to disregard the DOJ's pro-OpenAI fair use filing, calling it a policy statement with no binding