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A running list of all the news organizations partnering with or suing OpenAI

5/29/24 1:59PM

Updated 12/23/24 1:35PM

OpenAI recently welcomed Future — which includes Tom’s Guide, TechRadar, Marie Claire, and PC Gamer — into the fold, making them the latest news organizations to license their journalism to train the ChatGPT maker’s AI. That seems to be the path of least resistance, seeing as it’s likely that OpenAI has already used that data to train its models. The company hasn’t always been the best citizen.

The harder path? Suing the company for copyright infringement, as the New York Times and some others have done.

Here’s are running list of which news orgs partnering with and who’s suing OpenAI.

Partnering with OpenAI:

Atlantic
Associated Press
Axel Springer (Politico, Business Insider)
Condé Nast (Bon Appétit, GQ, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Wired)
Dotdash Meredith (People Magazine)
Financial Times
Future (Tom’s Guide, TechRadar, Marie Claire, PC Gamer)
GEDI (La Repubblica and La Stampa)
Hearst (Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Runner’s World, Women’s Health)
Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative and Fellowship program (Chicago Public Media, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle Times)
Le Monde
Prisa Media
News Corp (Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch)
Time
Vox Media

Suing OpenAI:

Alden Global Capital (New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel of Florida, San Jose Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register, and St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Asian News International
Canadian news publishers (The Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia, and CBC/Radio-Canada)
Center for Investigative Reporting (Mother Jones, Reveal)
Intercept
New York Times
Raw Story (Alternet)

Likely not inking a deal but no lawsuit:

The Information

UPDATE (Dec 23, 2024): Added Future, GEDI, Hearst, and Lenfest Institute to list of OpenAI’s partners; added Asian News International and some Canadian news publishers to list of those suing OpenAI

Jon Keegan

20h

Draft Senate bill gives AI companies a two-year pass on federal regulation, Bloomberg reports

Bloomberg reports that a draft bill from Senator Ted Cruz would give AI companies a two-year pass from any federal regulation when they apply to be part of a White House-controlled “regulatory sandbox.” Such a regulatory framework frees participating companies from federal agency oversight while simultaneously handing President Trump broad powers to shape a still nascent and increasingly powerful industry.

The draft bill allows companies approved for the waiver to request renewals for up to eight years, according to the report.

The fast-moving generative-AI boom that took the tech world by storm was kicked off by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT less than three years ago. A potential decade free of federal regulations would be a huge win for companies like Meta, Google, OpenAI, and Amazon.

In July, the US Senate voted 99-1 to kill a planned provision from President Trump’s massive tax bill that would have prevented any state from regulating AI for 10 years.

Draft Senate Bill Waives Federal Rules on AI Companies During Testing

In July, the US Senate voted 99-1 to kill a planned provision from President Trump’s massive tax bill that would have prevented any state from regulating AI for 10 years.

Rani Molla

9/2/25

Google soars on court ruling that doesn’t force the search giant to sell Chrome

Google has $26 billion in deals with companies like Samsung and Apple.

Max Knoblauch

8/21/25

Hertz falls, erasing its Amazon bump, as Congress looks into its AI damage scanners

Hertz shares are trading down more than 5% on Thursday.

Max Knoblauch

8/20/25

Airbus faces a 10-day strike from UK workers, mirroring Boeing’s labor strife

Thousands of UK union Airbus workers plan to strike for 10 days in September amid a contract dispute.

The union workers build wings for Airbus’ commercial jets, threatening a production slowdown for the European plane maker.

As Airbus’ labor tension builds, rival Boeing’s has already boiled over: earlier this month, more than 3,000 Boeing workers who build military aircraft started a strike that remains ongoing. The action came less than a year after the company faced a two-month stoppage from a machinist strike.

Airbus, for now, says it doesn’t see the strikes affecting full-year deliveries.

Airbus UK workers to strike for 10 days over pay

Airbus, for now, says it doesn’t see the strikes affecting full-year deliveries.

Rani Molla

8/20/25

Elon Musk’s political party isn’t happening, as Tesla CEO gives up on the “America Party”

In July, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced his own political party, the America Party — a move intended to “give you back your freedom.” What it did at the time was invoke the wrath of President Donald Trump and send the stock down.

A month and a half later, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Musk is “pumping the brakes” on his third party.

According to the Journal, “Musk has told allies that he wants to focus his attention on his companies and is reluctant to alienate powerful Republicans by starting a third party that could siphon off GOP voters.” He also wants to maintain ties with Vice President JD Vance, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate for 2028.

What happened?

For one, earlier this month Tesla’s board approved a roughly $30 billion interim pay package that Musk will only realize if he remains at the company for two years.

The stock isn’t moving on the news so far, but investors and analysts typically see Musk’s focus on his public company as a good thing.

Exclusive | Elon Musk Pledged to Start a Political Party. He Is Already Pumping the Brakes.