OpenAI says fair use benefits everyone, publishes summaries of supporting parties' court statements in The New York Times v. OpenAI case

OpenAI published a post on The New York Times v. OpenAI copyright case, arguing that fair use should cover AI training and compiling summaries of court statements from multiple parties supporting this position. OpenAI says The New York Times's lawsuit demands ignoring half a century of legal history in pursuit of improper gain. Those submitting statements include the U.S. government, law professor Matthew Sag, Authors Alliance, library and visually impaired community organizations, independent creators and Public Knowledge, among others; the core arguments are that AI training is highly transformative, does not provide substitutive access to the works, and that market dilution does not constitute market harm cognizable under copyright law. The U.S. government says excluding LLM training from fair use is inconsistent with basic copyright principles and would hinder scientific progress and American prosperity.