OpenAI has urged the US government to codify ‘fair use’ in AI training as part of the AI Action Plan, a policy initiative launched by the Trump Administration to shape American AI regulations.
In its proposal, OpenAI emphasized the need for a US copyright strategy that preserves AI models’ ability to learn from copyrighted material while maintaining America’s leadership in AI innovation.
“America has so many AI startups, attracts so much investment, and has made so many research breakthroughs largely because the fair use doctrine promotes AI development,” OpenAI wrote.
This isn’t the first time OpenAI has advocated for more permissive AI training regulations. The company has trained many of its models on openly available web data, often without data owners’ knowledge or consent.
Last year, OpenAI told the UK’s House of Lords that restricting AI training to public domain content “might yield an interesting experiment, but would not provide AI systems that meet the needs of today’s citizens.”
However, content owners suing OpenAI for copyright infringement will likely challenge its latest push for fair use protections in AI training.
