OpenAI shared a set of excerpts from court briefs submitted by various stakeholders, including creators, academics, accessibility advocates, and legal experts, in a post dated October 30, 2026 (OpenAI). All the briefs argue that fair use is vital for AI training and innovation. According to these statements, fair use enables research, promotes creativity, supports accessibility tools, and helps democratize knowledge. If you work with machine learning models, these briefs could be helpful when making decisions about data sourcing and ensuring compliance with existing copyright frameworks. OpenAI positions these arguments as demonstrating broad support for the idea that fair use benefits both creators and technology users, and they provide these briefs as a resource for ongoing legal and technical discussions.
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Fair use benefits everyone
OpenAI published a summary of court briefs showing support from creators, academics, and legal experts for fair use in AI training.
