The department argued in a court filing that OpenAI legally used articles by The New York Times to develop A.I., adding that national security depended on American tech dominance.

US urges court to reject newspaper’s claim that it is illegal to train AI models on copyrighted content

The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI’s argument that training AI on others' intellectual property is fair use.

The federal government says making AI companies pay for content used to train their models would undermine national security.

The government argues that restrictions on AI training will undermine national security, as well as competition among AI companies and news publishers.