Trump Administration Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright
The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI’s argument that training AI on others' intellectual property is fair use.
By Dillip Chowdary • Sep 03, 2026 • Source: Wired
What happened
80 = 800 words. Max: 10 160 = 1600 words. If we target exactly 80 words per paragraph for the 10 body paragraphs = 800 words. Plus 2 intro paragraphs of ~75 words each = 150 words.
How it works
The administration also wrote that OpenAI’s LLMs do not significantly compete with The New York Times’ articles. (The lawyers compared it to how a teenage Joan Didion typed out Ernest Hemingway’s stories to figure out how to write.)Evan Brown, an intellectual property lawyer with the firm Neal & McDevitt, tells WIRED that the US district judge overseeing this case, Sidney H.
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Why it matters
Stein, is not obliged to let this letter influence his ultimate decision. The judge in that case carved out an important caveat, ruling that the AI training itself was fair use, but that the authors were owed damages because the AI giant had pirated their books.Meanwhile, the larger figh
Who is affected
Read the original coverage at Wired via the source link above for the complete details and primary quotes.
What to watch next
Cross-check release notes and official docs before changing production systems based on early reporting.
Developer Action Items
- ☐ Diff the official changelog for OpenAI before you bump — APIs, defaults, and removed flags only.
- ☐ Install through the vendor's documented channel in staging; keep a one-command rollback and time-box the canary.
- ☐ Grep your repo for old flag names, lockfile pins, and plugin versions that the notes mark as breaking.
- ☐ Prefer the first patch cut over the day-zero tag unless you have a reason to be on the leading edge.
- ☐ If Wired did not name a region, plan, or SKU, screenshot the official availability line before you promise it to users.
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Dillip Chowdary
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