“The deal comes as publishers contemplate suing technology companies for violating their copyrights by using, without permission, their content to train large language models.”
– Helen Coster
OpenAI will start using content from Axel Springer for answering queries and training its large language model, ChatGPT. The agreement with the international publisher includes breaking news from Axel Springer publications, along with a link to the original story.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, reports Reuters, except it is for several years and non-exclusive.
Global news publisher Axel Springer partners with OpenAI in landmark deal | REUTERS | December 13, 2023 | by Helen Coster