Mother Jones sues OpenAI for using stories to train ChatGPT without permission
The newsroom says OpenAI scraped tens of thousands of its articles to build the AI, without licensing or attribution.
What to know
- Mother Jones discovered OpenAI used tens of thousands of its stories in ChatGPT training datasets without permission or payment
- ChatGPT can accurately summarize Mother Jones investigations but provides no attribution or links to the original reporting
- OpenAI did not seek licensing agreements despite the company's $1 trillion IPO valuation
“OpenAI never asked for permission to use our work, nor did they offer to pay a licensing fee. Not then, when they were building their business, and not now when they are getting ready for an initial public offering.”
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"OpenAI listed the sources of its data (something it has since clammed up about), and in those datasets, we found tens of thousands of our stories. OpenAI never asked for permission to use our work, nor did they offer to pay a licensing fee. Not then, when they were building their business, and not now when they are getting ready for an initial…
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We’re Suing ChatGPT—And Trump Just Got Involved. – Mother Jones https://www. motherjones.com/politics/2026/ 09/were-suing-chatgpt-and-trump-just-got-involved/
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We’re Suing ChatGPT—And Trump Just Got Involved. https://www. motherjones.com/politics/2026/ 09/were-suing-chatgpt-and-trump-just-got-involved/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon via @MotherJones