The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuit

<figure> <img alt="Vector illustration of the Chat GPT logo." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" 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&#038;strip=all&#038;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 landmark lawsuit, filed in <a href="https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf">December 2023</a>, alleging that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on articles from <em>The New York Times</em> and seeks to recoup "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's fair use to train an AI model on copyrighted text. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"<em>The New York Times</em> seeks to narrow fair-use doctrine to exclude the training of OpenAl's large language models (L …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/988344/trump-administration-new-york-times-openai-lawsuit">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>