Several high-profile publications, including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and most recently, USA Today, have sued OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. The papers allege that OpenAI used their articles to train its models in ways that violate copyright protections.
OpenAI argues that it doesn’t need to license the articles for training because of the “fair use” doctrine, a legal principle that allows firms and individuals to use copyrighted material without permission in limited circumstances. The U.S. Department of Justice just filed a brief in support of OpenAI’s expansive interpretation of the fair use doctrine.
