Practically two years after suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, The New York Instances has agreed to license its editorial content material to Amazon to coach the tech large’s AI platforms.
The settlement will “carry Instances editorial content material to a wide range of Amazon buyer experiences,” the outlet said in an announcement. That features content material like information articles, materials from NYT Cooking, a web site devoted to meals and recipes, and The Athletic, its sports-focused web site.
The corporate additionally famous that Amazon’s use of The Instances’s editorial content material may lengthen to Alexa software program on its sensible audio system.
The phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed, however it’s the primary of such agreements for Amazon. OpenAI has signed a number of related offers with publishers, together with The Washington Publish, The Atlantic, The Guardian, NewsCorp, Axel Springer, and extra.
That is additionally the primary time The Instances is agreeing to a generative AI-focused licensing settlement, and it comes after the outlet sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023 after accusing the businesses of utilizing hundreds of thousands of articles revealed by The Instances to coach its AI fashions with out consent or compensation. Each OpenAI and Microsoft have rejected accusations of wrongdoing.
TechCrunch has reached out to The New York Instances for extra info.