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U.S. government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

U.S. government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

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The Trump administration filed a 20-page brief supporting OpenAI in its copyright lawsuit with The New York Times, arguing that restricting AI training on copyrighted material would hurt America's global AI leadership. The brief leans on fair use law, suggesting AI training is "transformative" enough to be legal, though the court has final say.

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