Trump Administration Backs OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Case, Calling AI Training Fair Use

The US Department of Justice told a Manhattan federal court that OpenAI's training of large language models on copyrighted news articles, including those of The New York Times, constitutes fair use, backing OpenAI in the copyright case brought by the Times. The DOJ's position, reported by Ghacks on September 3, 2026, aligns with the Trump administration's stance that AI training should be considered transformative and not infringing.