# The Wikimedia Foundation weighs in on the NYT’s case against OpenAI

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-wikimedia-foundation-weighs-in-on-the-nyts-case-against-openai/
- Published: 2026-10-30T15:47:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T16:03:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Engadget
- Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2302374/the-wikimedia-foundation-weighs-in-on-the-nyts-case-against-openai/
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- Wikimedia wants a nuanced ruling on AI and copyright.
- Some model training and attributed knowledge retrieval could qualify as fair use.
- The decision may shape more than a dozen similar cases.

## Summary

The Wikimedia Foundation has urged a nuanced approach in The New York Times’ copyright case against OpenAI and Microsoft, warning that an extreme ruling in either direction could harm the open web. The case could shape how AI companies use published material and influence access to knowledge and future technology development.

The Foundation says some uses of copyrighted material should qualify as fair use, including certain training of models that produce something new and different from their sources, and retrieval-augmented generation that uses authoritative knowledge bases. It opposes systems that reproduce existing articles without attribution, and warns that blanket fair use could reduce the availability of secondary sources. A summary judgment is expected soon; the case is one of more than a dozen similar disputes.

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