← OpenAIreviewed 2026-09-23 · 11 claims checked
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partially supported
1 claimThe cited evidence supports part of the claim but not all of it.
- #6[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: March 2023 ChatGPT Data Breach
“The bug exposed payment-related information (names, email and billing addresses, card type, and last four digits of card numbers — not full card numbers) for approximately 1.2% of ChatGPT Plus subscribers active during a roughly nine-hour window”
reviewerThe Redis bug exposed payment-related information (names, email and billing addresses, card type, and last four digits of card numbers) for approximately 1.2% of ChatGPT Plus subscribers during a roughly nine-hour windowMinor incompleteness: the cited source lists card expiration date among the exposed fields, which the page's parenthetical omits. Not a material misrepresentation but an easy, low-cost fix for completeness.
confirmed
10 claimsThe cited evidence supports the claim as written.
- #1[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Copyright Litigation — The New York Times, Authors, and Others
“On December 27, 2023, The New York Times filed suit against OpenAI and Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that the companies trained ChatGPT and other large language models on millions of Times articles without authorization”
reviewerNYT filed suit against OpenAI and Microsoft on December 27, 2023 in SDNY alleging unauthorized training on Times articlesWell-established, widely reported fact; cited source directly supports it. - #2[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Copyright Litigation — The New York Times, Authors, and Others
“an unsealed filing reported on September 17, 2026 quoted a Microsoft executive describing large-scale content scraping as 'an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,' and the Times has moved for summary judgment”
reviewerAn unsealed filing reported September 17, 2026 quoted a Microsoft executive describing large-scale content scraping as 'an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,' and the Times moved for summary judgmentConfirmed by independent tier-1 reporting (TechCrunch, WaPo) beyond the page's own cited aivortex.io source, which is a lower-quality legal-blog aggregator but happens to be accurate here. - #3[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Musk v. Altman / Musk v. OpenAI
“On May 18, 2026, a jury in Oakland, California ruled against Musk, finding his core claims were filed outside the applicable three-year statute of limitations (which the jury found had closed in August 2021).”
reviewerA jury in Oakland ruled against Musk on May 18, 2026, finding his claims time-barred under a three-year statute of limitations that closed in August 2021Accurately characterized; note it was technically an advisory jury verdict in a bench-adjacent proceeding, immediately adopted by the judge, a nuance the page omits but does not misstate. - #4[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Nonprofit-to-For-Profit Restructuring and Governance
“the nonprofit — renamed the OpenAI Foundation — retaining a controlling and economic stake (reported around 26% of OpenAI's valuation, roughly $130 billion)”
reviewerOpenAI Foundation retains a controlling and economic stake of roughly 26% of OpenAI's valuation, about $130 billion, under the October 2025 MOU restructuringFigures independently corroborated by multiple outlets. - #5[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Regulatory Actions — FTC and Italian Garante
“on March 18-19, 2026, a Rome court annulled the fine, ruling that Garante lacked jurisdiction over OpenAI after the company established an Irish subsidiary in 2024, though the ruling does not resolve OpenAI's other privacy exposure in Italy”
reviewerA Rome court annulled the Garante's €15 million fine on March 18-19, 2026, ruling Garante lacked jurisdiction after OpenAI established an Irish subsidiary in 2024, though the ruling does not resolve other privacy exposureAccurate and appropriately hedged; the page correctly notes the ruling was jurisdictional/procedural rather than a substantive win on the merits. - #7[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Crypto-Adjacent Risk: Worldcoin/World (Sam Altman) and Impersonation Scams
“on-chain investigator ZachXBT and Elon Musk have publicly alleged the WLD token launched with a 'predatory low float' structure and exploits biometric data collection from vulnerable, low-income populations”
reviewerZachXBT and Elon Musk have alleged the WLD token launched with a 'predatory low float' structure and exploits biometric data collection from vulnerable, low-income populationsAccurately attributed as allegations, not established fact, consistent with the page's hedged framing. - #8[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Crypto-Adjacent Risk: Worldcoin/World (Sam Altman) and Impersonation Scams
“in September 2024, OpenAI's @OpenAINewsroom X account was compromised and used to promote a fake '$OPENAI' token via a phishing site designed to drain connected crypto wallets”
reviewerOpenAI's @OpenAINewsroom X account was compromised in September 2024 and used to promote a fake '$OPENAI' token via a phishing siteDirectly supported by cited tier-1 source. - #9[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Regulatory Actions — FTC and Italian Garante
“The U.S. Federal Trade Commission opened an investigation into OpenAI in July 2023, sending a 20-page demand for information focused on 'reputational harm' from false or misleading ChatGPT outputs and on privacy/data-security practices”
reviewerThe FTC's July 2023 investigation involved a 20-page demand for information focused on reputational harm from false/misleading outputs and privacy/data-security practicesWell corroborated across multiple outlets. - #10[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Wrongful-Death and Product-Liability Lawsuits Over ChatGPT
“an amended complaint alleges OpenAI removed safety guardrails that previously halted conversations involving self-harm”
reviewerAdam Raine amended complaint alleges OpenAI removed safety guardrails that previously halted self-harm conversations, ahead of GPT-4o's releaseAccurately summarized allegation, appropriately framed as unproven and disputed by OpenAI. - #11[confirmed][no action needed]in the timeline
“OpenAI is founded as a nonprofit AI research organization.”
reviewerOpenAI was founded as a nonprofit in 2015Uncontroversial, well-established fact.
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