The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that OpenAI's use of news agency ANI's published content to train its AI models does not, at this stage, amount to copyright infringement, refusing ANI's plea for an interim injunction. Justice Amit Bansal held that using copyrighted material to train large language models (LLMs) falls within the fair dealing exemption for research under the Copyright Act. The court also observed that ANI had failed to establish that ChatGPT had memorised or reproduced its news reports in responses generated for users. ANI had filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the Delhi High Court in November 2024, alleging the US-based company used its published content without permission and that ChatGPT attributed fabricated stories to the news agency. While declining interim relief on copyright claims, the court held that storage of ANI's articles for training is protected under the research exception. However, the court ruled in ANI's favour on jurisdiction, holding the suit is maintainable before the Delhi High Court. The ruling is the first substantive judicial finding in India on whether AI companies can use copyrighted news content to train LLMs without a licence. Similar copyright lawsuits against OpenAI are also pending in the United States and Canada.