The Washington Post Partners with OpenAI to Bring News to ChatGPT

The Washington Post has partnered with OpenAI to make its journalism directly accessible within ChatGPT, further embedding high-quality, credible reporting into one of the most widely used AI platforms. This collaboration means ChatGPT will now include summaries, quotes, and direct links to The Post’s original reporting in response to relevant user queries.

The partnership underscores a shared mission between The Post and OpenAI: to ensure trustworthy information rises to the top—especially when users are seeking clarity on fast-moving or complex topics. From politics and business to technology and world affairs, ChatGPT will surface The Post’s journalism with clear attribution and easy access to full articles for deeper exploration.

“We’re all in on meeting our audiences where they are,” said Peter Elkins-Williams, Head of Global Partnerships at The Washington Post. “Ensuring ChatGPT users have our impactful reporting at their fingertips builds on our commitment to provide access where, how and when our audiences want it.”

The move comes amid a broader trend of AI platforms partnering with news organizations to elevate original content and combat misinformation. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s Head of Media Partnerships, noted that more than 500 million people use ChatGPT weekly: “By investing in high-quality journalism by partners like The Washington Post, we’re helping ensure our users get timely, trustworthy information when they need it.”

Alon Yamin, co-founder and CEO of Copyleaks, a platform focused on AI transparency and content compliance, emphasized the significance of the partnership:

“The Washington Post's partnership with OpenAI is another clear signal that the future of journalism is becoming increasingly intertwined with generative AI. It’s encouraging to see legacy media take a proactive role in shaping how their content is used and credited in AI tools. This kind of partnership sets the tone for more responsible AI adoption, where transparency, licensing, and content integrity are not afterthoughts but are built in from the start.”

This collaboration builds on The Post’s recent AI-driven initiatives, including its own generative tools like Ask The Post AI and Climate Answers, as well as newsroom systems like Haystacker. Remaining LLM-agnostic, The Post continues to explore how AI can broaden access and deepen engagement with its reporting.

What This Means

This partnership marks another step toward a more symbiotic relationship between AI platforms and journalism, with attribution, accuracy, and transparency taking center stage. It also reflects a growing trend: OpenAI has now partnered with more than 20 publishers, representing over 160 outlets in more than 20 languages. These collaborations aim to ensure generative AI tools like ChatGPT deliver not just answers, but ones rooted in high-quality, licensed journalism.

As more media organizations engage with AI tools, collaborations like this may help set standards for how content is shared, credited, and trusted in the digital age.

The future of news may not just be written by journalists—it may be powered by how AI respects and amplifies their work.

Editor’s Note: This article was created by Alicia Shapiro, CMO of AiNews.com, with writing, image, and idea-generation support from ChatGPT, an AI assistant. However, the final perspective and editorial choices are solely Alicia Shapiro’s. Special thanks to ChatGPT for assistance with research and editorial support in crafting this article.