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.