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Coin Geek
2 days ago
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- Coin Geek
New York Times licenses content to Amazon's AI models
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The New York Times (NASDAQ: NYT) has signed a deal with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) to license its editorial content to the tech giant's artificial intelligence (AI) models. The deal is the first of its kind for America's most popular newspaper, which has lagged behind its rivals, which have all signed similar deals. It also comes nearly 18 months since The NY Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) for allegedly illegally using its articles to train GPT models. In its statement, the paper revealed that Amazon will use its articles and content from its other outlets, including NYT Cooking and The Athletic, its sports publication. However, it didn't disclose the financial terms of the deal. In a note to staff, The New York Times CEO, Meredith Kopit Levien, stated that the agreement aligns with the paper's principle that 'quality journalism is worth paying for,' in a thinly-veiled jab at OpenAI, which it accused of using its content without compensation. 'It aligns with our deliberate approach to ensuring that our work is valued appropriately, whether through commercial deals or through the enforcement of our intellectual property rights,' she added. Beyond training its AI models, Amazon will use the content to provide a real-time display of summaries and excerpts of The New York Times articles within its services, such as Alexa. AI giants scramble for data While the Amazon deal is the first for The New York Times, its rivals have been inking agreements with AI giants to license their content to train the rapidly improving models. A month before The New York Times sued OpenAI, the Sam Altman-led firm had signed an agreement with Axel Springer to use its articles to train its GPT AI models. Axel Springer owns Business Insider, Politico, Bild, and dozens of other top publications. Since then, OpenAI has signed similar agreements with the Financial Times, Vogue, and New Yorker owner Condé Nast, Elle and Cosmopolitan's parent company, Hearst Media, Spain's Prisa Media, and France's Le Monde. The AI developer pledged to link back to the original articles in all the deals and, with some outlets like the Financial Times, committed to developing new AI tools for its readers. Meta (NASDAQ: META) also signed a similar deal with Reuters in 2024. Despite being the largest news outlet in the United States, The New York Times had steered clear of an AI content deal even as its lawsuit against OpenAI continues. The lawsuit cost the publisher $4.4 million in Q1 alone. The New York Times is the first major news outlet to sign a content deal with Amazon, which has continued to fall behind its tech rivals in the AI battle, with Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Meta, and Microsoft all making massive strides over the past two years. Curiously, the Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, licensed its content to rival OpenAI just over a month ago. This flurry of media deals is unfolding amid an intensifying clash between content creators and AI developers over the use of copyrighted content to train the models. Creators, from publications like The NYT to authors like Sarah Silverman, argue that they must be compensated by AI firms that use their content to train the models. AI firms, in their defense, have argued that the training falls under the 'fair use' protection and that their models generate general responses, not regurgitated content. AI could threaten our sovereignty: Zimbabwe's president Elsewhere, the Zimbabwean president has warned against the dangers of AI as he unveiled the country's National Media Policy. President Emmerson Mnangagwa acknowledged that AI is revolutionizing all aspects of the social and economic sectors. In media, it's reshaping how information is gathered, analyzed, and disseminated. However, it also presents novel risks, especially to developing nations. 'The extensive and multi-pronged implications of these developments… have the danger of challenging our respective national sovereignty and democracy,' he stated. Globally, stakeholders in media and beyond have warned against the danger of AI, especially in generating and spreading fake news. With image and video generators rapidly improving, detecting fake misinformation is more challenging than ever. The challenge is exacerbated in the global south, where governments lack the proper tools to crack down on perpetrators. 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CNN
29-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
The New York Times inks deal with Amazon to license content for AI training
The New York Times on Thursday announced that it will license content from across its newsroom to train Amazon AI models. Under the multi-year deal, Amazon's AI services like Alexa will be able to use Times content, including from NYT Cooking and sports website The Athletic, to produce summaries and short excerpts in real time. The Jeff Bezos-owned company will use decades' worth of the Gray Lady's content to train its AI models. The deal expands on the pair's pre-existing agreement that allowed Times copy to be used across Amazon's offerings. 'The collaboration will make The New York Times's original content more accessible to customers across Amazon products and services, including direct links to Times products, and underscores the companies' shared commitment to serving customers with global news and perspectives within Amazon's AI products,' the Times said in a statement. The deal is 'consistent with our long-held principle that high-quality journalism is worth paying for,' The New York Times Company's CEO Meredith Kopit Levien said in an internal memo obtained by CNN. 'It aligns with our deliberate approach to ensuring that our work is valued appropriately, whether through commercial deals or through the enforcement of our intellectual property rights.' Licensing deals are viewed by many as a viable recourse as AI companies continue to train chatbots using copyrighted data while pulling in profits. Since chatbots are designed to provide users with in-app answers, making them less likely to click through to publishers' websites and exacerbating traffic woes, the deals afford news publishers a cut of AI profits. The move is a departure from the Times' previous position toward AI chatbots. In December 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the pair of having illegally scraped millions of articles to train ChatGPT and other AI services. And the Times is not alone in accusing chatbots of intellectual theft: Ziff Davis in April sued OpenAI, similarly accusing the company of copyright infringement; and eight Alden Global Capital-owned publications sued OpenAI and Microsoft in April 2024 with similar complaints. The Times isn't the only company to do business with an AI company while engaged in a legal fight with another chatbot maker. While the Rupert Murdoch-owned Dow Jones and New York Post sued Perplexity AI in October for illegally copying content, News Corp in May 2024 signed a years-long deal with OpenAI to license content from the media giant's companies, which include The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and Barron's. Still, not all news publishers have been so resistant. The Washington Post, Guardian Media Group, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Axios, Reuters, Hearst and the Financial Times are just a few news organizations that have inked deals with AI companies to license their content.
CNN
29-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
The New York Times inks deal with Amazon to license content for AI training
The New York Times on Thursday announced that it will license content from across its newsroom to train Amazon AI models. Under the multi-year deal, Amazon's AI services like Alexa will be able to use Times content, including from NYT Cooking and sports website The Athletic, to produce summaries and short excerpts in real time. The Jeff Bezos-owned company will use decades' worth of the Gray Lady's content to train its AI models. The deal expands on the pair's pre-existing agreement that allowed Times copy to be used across Amazon's offerings. 'The collaboration will make The New York Times's original content more accessible to customers across Amazon products and services, including direct links to Times products, and underscores the companies' shared commitment to serving customers with global news and perspectives within Amazon's AI products,' the Times said in a statement. The deal is 'consistent with our long-held principle that high-quality journalism is worth paying for,' The New York Times Company's CEO Meredith Kopit Levien said in an internal memo obtained by CNN. 'It aligns with our deliberate approach to ensuring that our work is valued appropriately, whether through commercial deals or through the enforcement of our intellectual property rights.' Licensing deals are viewed by many as a viable recourse as AI companies continue to train chatbots using copyrighted data while pulling in profits. Since chatbots are designed to provide users with in-app answers, making them less likely to click through to publishers' websites and exacerbating traffic woes, the deals afford news publishers a cut of AI profits. The move is a departure from the Times' previous position toward AI chatbots. In December 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the pair of having illegally scraped millions of articles to train ChatGPT and other AI services. And the Times is not alone in accusing chatbots of intellectual theft: Ziff Davis in April sued OpenAI, similarly accusing the company of copyright infringement; and eight Alden Global Capital-owned publications sued OpenAI and Microsoft in April 2024 with similar complaints. The Times isn't the only company to do business with an AI company while engaged in a legal fight with another chatbot maker. While the Rupert Murdoch-owned Dow Jones and New York Post sued Perplexity AI in October for illegally copying content, News Corp in May 2024 signed a years-long deal with OpenAI to license content from the media giant's companies, which include The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and Barron's. Still, not all news publishers have been so resistant. The Washington Post, Guardian Media Group, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Axios, Reuters, Hearst and the Financial Times are just a few news organizations that have inked deals with AI companies to license their content.
