By Isabella Torregiani
1:59pm PDT, Jul 24, 2025
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President
Donald Trump is defending AI companies, arguing they shouldn't be required to pay for copyright material used to train their models. Calling the idea "not do-able," Trump emphasized the need for flexibility if the U.S. wants to stay ahead in the global race for AI dominance.
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Speaking at the AI Summit, President Donald Trump stated that companies must have access to information if the U.S. hopes to lead in artificial intelligence innovation. He pushed back on the idea that tech firms should be required to license every piece of copyrighted content used in training AI systems. "You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book or whatever you've studied, you're expected to pay for," Trump said. "We appreciate that, but you just can't do that because it's not do-able. And if you're going to try and do that, you're not going to have a successful program."
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President Donald Trump also pointed to China as a major player in the tech space, claiming the country isn't facing the same copyright constraints. "When a person reads a book or an article, you've gained great knowledge. That does not mean that you're violating copyright laws or have to make deals with every content provider. You just can't do it. China's not doing it," he said.
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President Donald Trump's comments come as the White House launches its AI Action Plan, an initiative aimed at expanding data centers and easing regulations on AI developers. "When you have something, and when you read something, and when it goes into this vast intelligence machine, we'll call it, you cannot expect to every time, every single time, say, 'Let's pay this one that much,'" Trump said. "It just doesn't work that way. Of course, you can't copy or plagiarize an article, but if you read an article and learn from it, we have to allow AI to use that pool of knowledge without going through the complexity of contract negotiations."
