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

Rani Molla
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:

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

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