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Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
MSFT: OpenAI Inks Media Deal With Washington Post Amid Legal Heat
April 22 - Microsoft-backed OpenAI has reached a licensing agreement with The Washington Post to bring the newspaper's content to its ChatGPT platform. Under the partnership, ChatGPT will feature summaries, excerpts, and links to The Post's reporting in response to relevant user prompts. The move aims to increase access to trustworthy journalism within the AI chatbot, said OpenAI's Head of Media Partnerships, Varun Shetty. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 1 Warning Sign with MSFT. Peter Elkins-Williams, Head of Global Partnerships at The Washington Post, said the integration aligns with the paper's efforts to reach readers where they are, reinforcing its push for accessible, real-time news consumption. The deal adds to OpenAI's expanding list of media partners, which includes the Financial Times, Axel Springer, Le Monde, and Prisa Media. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), a major backer of OpenAI, is also named in the content integration initiative. However, OpenAI and Microsoft remain embroiled in a copyright lawsuit filed by The New York Times (NYT) in December 2023, which alleges unauthorized use of its articles to train AI models. Both companies have denied wrongdoing. Additional lawsuits from authors and journalists over similar claims are ongoing in U.S. courts. This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
Washington Post
22-04-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
The Washington Post partners with OpenAI on search content
The Washington Post announced today a strategic partnership with OpenAI to make high-quality news more accessible in ChatGPT. As part of this partnership, ChatGPT will display summaries, quotes, and links to original reporting from The Post in response to relevant questions. This partnership reflects a shared commitment to making reliable, factual information easier to find and engage with, especially on complex or fast-moving topics, where timely, well-sourced reporting, like that of The Post, matters most. ChatGPT will highlight The Post's journalism across politics, global affairs, business, technology, and more, always with clear attribution and direct links to full articles so people can explore topics in greater depth and context. '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.' 'More than 500 million people use ChatGPT each week to get answers to all kinds of questions,' said Varun Shetty, Head of Media Partnerships at OpenAI. '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.' This work follows similar partnerships OpenAI has formed with more than 20 news publishers, bringing its technology to over 160 outlets and hundreds of content brands across more than 20 languages. This partnership is the latest example of The Post's commitment to expanding the discoverability of its critical journalism through AI tools and resources. This past year, The Post launched generative AI experiments built by news for news, including Ask The Post AI and Climate Answers, created tools for its newsroom like Haystacker, and broadened its coverage accessibility for users through AI-powered summaries and audio. The Post continues to be LLM-agnostic as it embraces and builds its own range of AI-powered solutions for both its business and its users.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
State offers specific measles guidance for 10 West Texas 'outbreak' counties
The Texas Department of State Health Services this week released an updated set of vaccine recommendations for 10 West Texas counties at the center of an ongoing measles outbreak that has so far claimed two children's lives and infected more than 500 people in the region. Although 22 Texas counties have reported at least one measles case, the state in recent weeks has been designating counties with the most measles cases as 'outbreak areas.' On Monday the outbreak area expanded from six to 10 counties: Cochran, Dallam, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Lamar, Lynn, Lubbock, Terry and Yoakum. The recommendations for those living or traveling to the outbreak counties covers Texans of all ages, not just young children. The agency stressed that vaccination is the best defense against measles and that two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella or MMR vaccine prevents more than 97% of measles infections. Among DSHS' recommendations for outbreak areas: Children 6 to 11 months receive an 'outbreak' dose of the MMR vaccine if they live or are traveling to an outbreak county Children over 12 months old who have not been vaccinated with the MMR vaccine receive one dose and follow up with a second at least 28 days later Teens and adults should also be up to date on their MMR vaccination Adults born between 1957 and 1968 who only received one MMR vaccine from that time period should consider getting one dose of the current vaccine Adults born before 1957, pregnant women, and people with severe immunodeficiency are not recommended to receive any dose of MMR vaccine More information on outbreak area guidance can be found here. The guidance was offered in a 30-slide presentation by Dr. Dr. Varun Shetty, DSHS chief epidemiologist, during the state agency's public health funding and policy committee meeting. Shetty also stressed that there is no specific antiviral therapy for measles and that 'vitamin A is not a preventative treatment.' Vitamin A is not a cure for measles. But for those with severe vitamin A deficiencies it can lessen symptoms. It's a therapy long touted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a treatment for measles, a claim discounted by physicians because most Americans get enough vitamin A in their regular diet. Because the public is asking questions about using vitamin A to relieve measles symptoms, the state agency has been recommending that patients interested in vitamin A consult with their health care provider about it. The state agency also offers this guidance: Under the supervision of a healthcare provider, vitamin A may be administered to infants and children in the United States with measles as part of supportive management. Also under physician supervision, if vitamin A is recommended, it should be administered immediately after a measles diagnosis and repeated the next day for a total of 2 doses. The state health agency cautioned that inappropriate dosing can lead to vitamin A toxicity. The recommended age-specific daily doses are of vitamin A, according to DSHS is 50,000 IU for infants younger than 6 months, 100,000 IU for infants 6–11 months and 200,000 IU for children 12 months and older The inclusion of vitamin A comes a month after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a similar announcement on Feb. 28, two days after the first West Texas child died of measles. Tickets are on sale now for the 15th annual Texas Tribune Festival, Texas' breakout ideas and politics event happening Nov. 13–15 in downtown Austin. Get tickets before May 1 and save big! TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Measles cases are rising: What to know
(NewsNation) — Measles cases have been rising in Texas and have now been reported in New Mexico, health officials have confirmed. In Texas, an outbreak has grown to 58 cases, making it the state's worst in more than 30 years. Health officials in New Mexico also had confirmed cases of the disease, but say there is no link between the cases there and in Texas. Here is what you need to know about the measles outbreak, and how to stay safe. USDA proposes ban on buying junk food with SNAP benefits Measles is a highly contagious, airborne disease caused by a virus. It spreads when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes and can cause severe illness and even death. Symptoms of measles include a high fever, cough, runny nose and a rash all over the body. According to the CDC, getting one dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is 93% effective against measles, and two doses prove to be 97% effective. Anyone not vaccinated against measles can become infected. Young children and pregnant women are at a much higher risk of severe measles complications. RFK Jr. eyes childhood vaccine schedule review, says 'nothing off limits' Measles cases in west rural Texas are mostly concentrated in Gaines County, where there are 45 infections. Other counties include Terry County which has nine infections, Yoakum County has two and Lubbock and Lynn counties both have one each. The Texas Department of State Health Services said 13 people were hospitalized for measles. Cases in New Mexico are concentrated in Lea County, which borders Texas' Gaines County. Health officials in New Mexico have set up vaccination clinics for the next two weeks. Dr. Varun Shetty with the Texas Department of State Health Services told NewsNation Now that the most effective way to fight the disease is to make sure people are vaccinated. Getting vaccinated is the best way to prevent measles. The MMR vaccine is most effective when you receive two routine doses. Even among those who do get measles after vaccination, 'The disease is typically much milder and makes it less contagious to pass on to others,' Shetty said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
2 confirmed cases of measles reported in Texas
The Brief There have been two reported cases of measles in Texas for the first time since 2023 Health officials are urging people to be proactive and be safe AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed the first cases of measles in the state since 2023. Health officials say those two reported cases are in Houston. There have not been any confirmed cases in Central Texas, but Austin Public Health is asking residents to be proactive. The backstory Measles is a highly contagious and, in some cases, deadly disease. Symptoms develop 7–14 days after infection, according to health officials. "You could experience a very high fever, cough or runny nose, things like that, watery red eyes. A few days later, you'll start to get a rash, and so that rash will start to look like white spots on the inside of your cheeks and then a rash that usually starts on your face and spreads down your body," says Chief State Epidemiologist Varun Shetty. Chief state epidemiologist Varun Shetty says measles is an airborne disease. "Measles spreads through coughs and sneezes. It can stay in a room for up to two hours. Someone could get measles just simply by being in the room where someone who is sick had it. If you are not protected with the vaccine," says Shetty. Why you should care This month, the Houston Health Department identified two cases of measles associated with international travel. Health officials said to prevent the spread of the disease, getting vaccinated is recommended. "Typically, the vaccine that you receive from your doctor is called the MMR vaccine. It stands for measles, mumps, and rubella. It's a two-dose vaccine. Two doses of this vaccine are highly effective at protecting against measles. In fact, it prevents 97% of cases of measles," says Shetty. Shetty says if you are not vaccinated, and you are exposed to the disease, take the proper precautions to protect yourself and the public. "The most important thing is to isolate yourself, stay away from other people so you can reduce the risk of spreading it to others. Then we would recommend you to call your doctor on the phone ahead of time and let them know that you're concerned about that so that you can arrange a safe way to get evaluated and get tested and then follow those doctor's instructions," says Shetty. Health officials say those most at risk are pregnant women, children and those with weak immune systems. The Source Information from interviews conducted by FOX 7 Austin's Tan Radford
