In BriefPosted:7:23 AM PDT March 13, 2025Image Credits:Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty ImagesOpenAI calls for U.S. government to codify fair use for AI trainingIn a proposal for the U.S. governments AI Action Plan, the Trump Administrations initiative to reshape American AI policy, OpenAI called for a U.S. copyright strategy that [preserves] American AI models ability to learn from copyrighted material.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.Its not the first time OpenAI, which has trained many of its models on openly available web data, often without the data owners knowledge or consent, has argued for more permissive laws and regulations around AI training. Last year, OpenAIsaidin a submission to the U.K.s House of Lords that limiting AI training to public domain content might yield an interesting experiment, but would not provide AI systems that meet the needs of todays citizens.The content owners whove sued OpenAI for copyright infringement will no doubt take issue with the companys latest reassertion of this stance. Topics