Schibsted newspapers unintentionally shared internal notes with OpenAI for a year

Norwegian media group Schibsted—publisher of Aftenposten, VG, and other major newspapers—unintentionally granted OpenAI access to internal editorial notes for a full year due to a technical error in its API, Morgenbladet reports.

The exposed material included draft feedback, interview transcripts, and potentially sensitive source details, though Schibsted claims the data was automatically filtered out by OpenAI and never used. A company spokesperson stated that OpenAI “has confirmed these metadata were filtered away as irrelevant” and that no confidential source information was exposed.

The breach was disclosed to staff this week, with Aftenposten editor-in-chief Trine Eilertsen informing employees that the paper’s editorial leadership had spent the Pentecost weekend assessing the scope of the leak. Schibsted’s communications director, Bjørn-Martin Bache-Nordby, emphasized that OpenAI has no direct access to the company’s systems and that Schibsted controls all data sharing.

Schibsted’s portfolio includes Norway’s VG, Bergens Tidende, and Stavanger Aftenblad, as well as Sweden’s Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet.