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, with OpenAI arguing that applying fair use protections to AI “is a matter of national security.”

OpenAI is calling on the U.S. government to adopt a copyright policy that allows training of AI models on IP-protected data.

OpenAI has shared a document with proposals to the US government that include the free use of copyrighted material for AI training.

The company argues in favor of eliminating more restrictive state regulations, and “preserving American AI models’ ability to learn from copyrighted material.”