The New York Occasions has struck a multi-year AI licensing cope with Amazon that may deliver its “editorial content material to a wide range of Amazon buyer experiences,” the outlet announced on Thursday. Underneath the settlement, Amazon will embody summaries and quick excerpts of The Occasions’ content material in merchandise like Alexa, and also will use Occasions articles to assist prepare its AI fashions.
The deal comes over a yr after The Occasions sued Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement, accusing the businesses of “copying and utilizing tens of millions” of its articles to coach their AI fashions, whereas depriving the publication of subscription, licensing, promoting, and affiliate income. A number of different shops have sued OpenAI on related grounds, together with The Intercept, Uncooked Story, CBC/Radio-Canada, and the proprietor of IGN and CNET. Different publishers, like The Atlantic, Information Corp, and The Verge father or mother firm Vox Media have struck AI licensing offers as a substitute.
“The deal is according to our long-held precept that high-quality journalism is price paying for,” Meredith Kopit Levien, the CEO of The New York Occasions Firm, stated in an announcement to the Occasions. “It aligns with our deliberate method to making sure that our work is valued appropriately, whether or not by way of business offers or by way of the enforcement of our mental property rights.”