ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. vs OpenAI OpCo LLC | DNPA Calls ChatGPT “Chaat GPT” in Delhi High Court

“It’s not ChatGPT, it’s Chaat GPT!” — that was the fiery remark in the Delhi High Court during the case of ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. vs OpenAI OpCo LLC. On August 18, 2025, Justice Amit Bansal heard arguments in this high-stakes copyright battle. ANI alleges that OpenAI used its news content without consent to train ChatGPT, violating the Copyright Act, 1957. The Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) warned that such practices reduce incentives for journalism and could wipe out newsrooms altogether. On the other side, supporters of ChatGPT argued that AI does not reproduce full articles but generates derivative responses. The verdict in ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. vs OpenAI OpCo LLC will shape how copyright law applies to AI in India and could decide the future of news publishing and artificial intelligence.