Archive · 30 Jul 2026
ANI vs OpenAI: Court Finds Fair Dealing Covers ChatGPT
A news agency called ANI said that OpenAI copied its articles to teach ChatGPT.
The court said that copying for training is a type of copying, but it is allowed under a rule called "fair dealing."
The court also said that the answers ChatGPT gives are not very similar to ANI’s articles.
So, the court decided that OpenAI did not break the law.
This means that using old articles to train AI can be legal if it follows the fair dealing rule.
ANI claimed OpenAI copied and stored its articles for ChatGPT training.
The court agreed storing is a form of reproduction under Section 14.
The court ruled that this falls under the fair dealing exception in Section 52(1)(a).
ChatGPT’s responses were found not to be substantially similar to ANI’s articles.
The decision means OpenAI’s training method is not considered infringement.
- Who
- ANI and OpenAI
- What
- Copyright case over training ChatGPT with ANI articles
- Where
- India
- Why
- To determine if storing copyrighted works for training is infringement
- Case
- ANI vs OpenAI
- Court ruling
- Fair dealing exception applies
- Reproduction
- Storing copyrighted works is reproduction
- Similarity
- ChatGPT responses not substantially similar
- Law section
- Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act of 1957