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US Department of Justice backs fair use for AI training in landmark copyright case

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US Department of Justice backs fair use for AI training in landmark copyright case

The Decoder · Sep 2, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC

In the class-action lawsuit involving The New York Times, the US Department of Justice argues that training AI models on copyrighted text qualifies as fair use. The filing directly contradicts a report from the US Copyright Office. Its director was fired by the Trump administration shortly after the report was published.…