On September 3, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, the US government submitted a court document endorsing OpenAI's position in its ongoing copyright conflict with media publishers, including The New York Times. The government contends that utilizing news content for training artificial intelligence models is consistent with the 'fair use' doctrine enshrined in US copyright law. The US Department of Justice emphasized that preventing AI firms from leveraging copyrighted materials for training large language models would contravene the foundational tenets of copyright legislation and impede both innovation and scientific advancement.

In December 2023, The New York Times initiated legal action against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging that they had employed substantial amounts of the Times' content to train their models and generate responses. The US government has argued that AI training constitutes a 'highly transformative' use of the original works and does not diminish the market value of the copyrighted materials. Should fair use regulations become more stringent, it could lead to a scenario where only major tech corporations could shoulder the licensing costs, thereby undermining the competitiveness of the US AI sector.

It is anticipated that the involved parties will file fresh motions following the completion of evidence exchange, seeking the court's resolution on several key points of contention.