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US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- The Trump administration has submitted a 20-page legal brief defending OpenAI's use of copyrighted material without permission to train its large language models (LLMs) in a lawsuit filed by The New York Times.
- The brief emphasizes the U.S. interest in maintaining global leadership in artificial intelligence and argues that restricting LLM development based on a narrow interpretation of fair use would hinder innovation and economic growth.
- The lawsuit centers on whether AI companies' use of copyrighted works for training qualifies as "fair use," a complex legal debate about whether such use is sufficiently transformative.
- Previous legal cases have generally favored AI companies, with penalties focused on illegal acquisition methods rather than the training process itself, as illustrated by a $1.5 billion settlement involving Anthropic.
- Although the Trump administration's brief is not a court ruling, its involvement could influence the ongoing case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
