OpenAI announced licensing agreements with The Atlantic and Vox yesterday, allowing the company behind ChatGPT to train future AI models on their content.
The two are the latest in a string of news media companies that have secured licensing deals with OpenAI. While terms for yesterday's deals were not disclosed, a deal with The Financial Times was valued at $5M-$10M. A licensing agreement last week with News Corp—which owns The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and The Daily Telegraph—was reportedly valued at $250M over five years. Other companies that have secured similar deals with OpenAI include The Associated Press and parent companies of outlets including Business Insider, Politico, People, and InStyle.
The approach comes in contrast to The New York Times, which last year sued OpenAI and investor Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging the company trained large language models on the Times' work to produce competitive results. The owner of eight other outlets—including The New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune—has since filed a similar suit.
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