Wikimedia urges court to split AI training from regurgitation in copyright case

The Wikimedia Foundation filed an amicus brief in The New York Times' lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing that training LLMs on copyrighted work should be fair use while reproducing articles to users should require a license. It warned that an overly broad ruling could threaten the open web and Wikipedia itself.

• Wikimedia took neither side in the publishers' lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft
• It proposes fair use for LLM training but licensing for regurgitated content
• The foundation says a blunt ruling could harm the open web and free knowledge