GoKawiilWikimedia Foundation files amicus brief in NYT v. OpenAI copyright case
The Wikimedia Foundation has submitted an amicus brief in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, proposing a middle ground between the two sides. The brief argues fair use should apply to certain AI training scenarios and retrieval-augmented generation, but not when an LLM reproduces articles verbatim without attribution.
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The filing suggests Wikimedia is trying to protect practices that could affect its own content, since Wikipedia is widely used as training data for AI models. Its proposed middle-ground standard could influence how courts eventually distinguish between transformative AI training and outright content reproduction, which may shape future copyright rulings affecting publishers, AI firms, and knowledge platforms alike.
- Wikimedia Foundation filed an amicus brief in the NYT v. OpenAI/Microsoft copyright lawsuit.
- The brief proposes fair use for certain AI training and retrieval-augmented generation uses, but not verbatim reproduction without attribution.
- Wikipedia is a major AI training dataset, giving Wikimedia a stake in how the case's fair-use standard is defined.
Source: engadget.com — Lawrence Bonk, 2026-10-30
Published there as: “The Wikimedia Foundation weighs in on the NYT's case against OpenAI”
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