Trump DOJ backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright case
The government says licensing requirements would protect large publishers, entrench rich AI labs and weaken U.S. competition.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: TechCrunch
Why it matters
The filing gives OpenAI federal backing for separating model training from infringing outputs, a distinction that could determine who can afford to build U.S. foundation models.
The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to reject broad copyright liability for training large language models on protected text, putting the U.S. government behind OpenAI (@OpenAI) on the central issue in its legal fight with The New York Times.…