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New York Times, Amazon sign AI licensing deal
The Amazon.com logo and stock price information is seen on screens at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, New York, U.S., September 4, 2018. (REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo) Staff Reports | REUTERS The New York Times said on Thursday it would license its editorial content to Amazon.com for use in the tech giant’s artificial-intelligence […]
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The New York Times said on Thursday it would license its editorial content to Amazon.com for use in the tech giant’s artificial-intelligence products, marking the publisher’s first licensing deal tied to generative AI.
The multi-year agreement allows Amazon access to its news articles and content from NYT Cooking and sports website The Athletic.
“This will include real-time display of summaries and short excerpts of Times content within Amazon products and services, such as Alexa, and training Amazon’s proprietary foundation models,” the publisher said.
NYT recorded $4.4 million in pretax litigation costs in the first quarter related to its copyright lawsuit against Microsoft and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, which it filed in 2023.
Editor’s Note: Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath
