The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuit

The Trump administration filed a legal statement supporting OpenAI in a copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times, arguing that training AI models on copyrighted text should be considered fair use under copyright law. US attorneys wrote that restricting AI model training would harm scientific progress and American prosperity, and that such broad copyright liability would be legally incorrect. This case matters because a ruling could set precedent for other media outlets suing AI companies over unauthorized training on their work, though some outlets have already chosen to license their content to AI labs instead. The copyright dispute reflects broader tension between media companies and AI developers over whether using published material to train systems requires permission or payment.