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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alanna Durkin Richer

Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times' copyright case over training of chatbots

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The Trump administration is wading into a legal fight between OpenAI and the New York Times, backing the ChatGPT-maker's argument in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology by ingesting and processing millions of news articles.

In court papers filed Tuesday, the Justice Department supported OpenAI's argument that training its models on troves of writings found on the internet is protected by the “fair use” doctrine of copyright law.

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