OpenAI faces an uphill climb as it argues that Indian courts cannot hear lawsuits about its U.S.-based business in the country, where Telegram has failed with similar defences and U.S. technology firms have faced government heat on compliance.

OpenAI has told Delhi HC that the Indian courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear a copyright infringement case against the AI company.

OpenAI asked an Indian court to quash a plea by an organization representing Indian and global book publishers alleging use of copyright content for training AI models.

OpenAI faces an uphill climb as it argues that Indian courts cannot hear lawsuits about its U.S.-based business in the country, where Telegram has failed with similar defences and U.S. technology firms have faced government heat on compliance.

As AI technologies like ChatGPT continue to evolve, their intersection with copyright law is becoming a global legal battleground. The outcome of this case in India could set important precedents for how generative AI is regulated,

Several major Indian news outlets have filed to join an ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of using their copyrighted content without permission to train its AI models, including ChatGPT.