Federal gov't can both secure Americans’ freedom to learn from AI, and avoid forfeiting our AI lead to PRC (People’s Republic of China) by preserving American AI models’ ability to learn from copyrighted material,

The company pitches its proposal as a way to counter China's AI advances. Google makes a similar argument for weakening copyright restrictions.

OpenAI argues it needs access to ‘avoid forfeiting’ the lead in AI to China. OpenAI and Google are pushing the US government to allow their AI models to train on copyrighted material. Both companies outlined their stances in proposals published this week,

OpenAI, known for its ChatGPT chatbot, today submitted AI recommendations to the Trump administration, calling for deregulation and policies

OpenAI hopes for a nation where AI training on copyrighted works counts as fair use — or else, the company says, the US might ‘forfeit’ its AI lead to China. Courts have yet to decide whether AI training constitutes fair use,