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The Justice Department backed OpenAI on training LLMs as fair use
The Trump administration filed a statement of interest supporting OpenAI against the New York Times. The Justice Department told the court the United States has a strong interest in rejecting any argument that training LLMs on copyrighted texts violates copyright law, including on national-security grounds, and called training extraordinarily transformative and thus fair use. That is the government's argument, not a ruling. The Times says the administration is siding with AI companies at the exp
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The Justice Department backed OpenAI on training LLMs as fair use
Open originalAndrew Curran posted that the Trump administration filed a brief supporting OpenAI against the New York Times. The Justice Department told the court the United States has a strong interest in rejecting any argument that training LLMs on copyrighted texts violates copyright law, including on national-security grounds, and that training is extraordinarily transformative and thus fair use. That is the government's argument in a statement of interest, not a court ruling.