August 21, 2026

wikiHow, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc. et al

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Case Number:

1:26-cv-07171

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Copyright

Judge:

Unassigned

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Reflects complaints, answers, motions, orders and trial notes entered from Jan. 1, 2011.
Additional or older documents may be available in Pacer.


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  1. August 24, 2026

    WikiHow Says ChatGPT Spits Out How-To Guides Verbatim

    WikiHow has accused OpenAI in New York federal court of mass-scale copying of the how-to instruction site's copyrighted articles to train ChatGPT and generate near- or full-verbatim reproductions of wikiHow's "distinctive" instructional articles.


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