{
  "id": 5262090,
  "title": "KI: US-Regierung stellt sich in Urheberrechtsstreit hinter OpenAI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ki-us-regierung-stellt-sich-in-urheberrechtsstreit-hinter-openai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T06:07:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/ki-us-regierung-stellt-sich-in-urheberrechtsstreit-hinter-openai/100251672.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "In a legal dispute between OpenAI and The New York Times, the United States government has taken the side of the AI developer. The New York Times claimed that the government is siding with AI companies at the expense of American creators who allegedly had their work stolen. The case revolves around how OpenAI develops its AI technology by ingesting and processing millions of news articles. The US Department of Justice supported OpenAI's arguments in court documents submitted on Tuesday, stating that the training of AI models with large amounts of text available on the internet is protected by the \"fair use\" rule of US copyright law. The DOJ argued that the \"creative possibilities and public benefit\" resulting from training large language models with such content far outweigh any disadvantages to competitors.",
  "summary": "Die US-Regierung stellt sich im Rechtsstreit um KI-Training auf die Seite von OpenAI. Die „New York Times“ wirft ihr vor, Partei für Tech-Konzerne zu ergreifen – auf Kosten der Urheber.",
  "key_points": [
    "US government backs OpenAI in copyright dispute with NYT",
    "DOJ argues fair use protects AI model training with public domain text",
    "Creative potential and public benefit outweigh competitor disadvantages"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The US government's support for OpenAI in the copyright dispute with The New York Times suggests that AI developers may gain greater leeway to use copyrighted material in training their models.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}