Amazon and The New York Times’ AI Deal Signals a New Wave of Publisher Partnerships

No ‘Gray’ Area in New York Times’ AI Deal with Amazon

Spoiler alert: The answer to today’s Wordle is B-E-Z-O-S. In a first-of-its-kind deal for the historic paper of record, The New York Times last week inked a deal to license its vast editorial library for use in Amazon’s various AI platforms. The agreement comes as the Gray Lady sues OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement, one of the major legal battles in the AI-spawned era of copyright war. Pitch Bot Under the licensing deal (f…

Amazon and The New York Times’ AI deal signals a new wave of publisher partnerships

It finally happened: The New York Times signed an AI licensing deal. Not with Perplexity, or Google — and definitely not with OpenAI or Microsoft — but with Amazon. The agreement will allow Amazon products, like Alexa speakers, to use summaries and short excerpts from NYT stories and recipes, as well as to incorporate this content in the training of its proprietary AI models. It’s a sign of the times: even The New York Times, long known for its …

Digest: Judge Zooms In on Gen AI in Google’s Antitrust Case; NYT Strikes AI Content Licensing Deal with Amazon; AI Copyright Clash Intensifies

In today’s Digest, Judge Amit Mehta zooms in on generative AI in Google’s antitrust case, the New York Times strikes an AI content licensing deal with Amazon, and the AI copyright clash intensifies. Judge Zooms In on Generative AI in Google’s [...] The post Digest: Judge Zooms In on Gen AI in Google’s Antitrust Case; NYT Strikes AI Content Licensing Deal with Amazon; AI Copyright Clash Intensifies  appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

AFP: New York Times signs AI licensing deal with Amazon | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

AFP: New York Times signs AI licensing deal with Amazon. “The New York Times has agreed a deal for Amazon to use its content to train artificial intelligence models, the leading U.S. newspaper announced Thursday in its first generative AI licensing deal. Several media groups have already struck similar deals with major tech companies, but The New York Times had previously refused to allow its content to be used in the artificial intelligence rac…