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Oct 8, 2026

USA Today sues OpenAI for over $250 million alleging copyright infringement

USA Today's parent company and 13 entities sued OpenAI in New York, accusing it of illegally copying hundreds of thousands of articles from 19 publications to train and operate ChatGPT.

Oct 8, 2026·2 sources

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▪The lawsuit filed by USA Today Co., Inc. on October 8, 2026 cites OpenAI's Head of ChatGPT, Nick Turley, as writing that publishers face an existential threat from OpenAI's products
▪AI-generated news summaries pose an existential threat to journalism
▪The lawsuit filed by USA Today Co., Inc. seeks more than $250 million in damages from OpenAI, including up to $150,000 per willfully infringed work

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