OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 18, 2024.
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OpenAI announced a partnership with Condé Nast on Tuesday, which includes MicrosoftThe AI company’s products, such as ChatGPT and SearchGPT, will be able to display content from Vogue, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, Wired, Bon Appétit” and other media content.
“With the launch of the SearchGPT prototype, we are testing new search capabilities that make finding information and reliable sources of content faster and more intuitive,” OpenAI wrote in a statement. Blog article. “We combine conversational models with information from the web to provide you with fast, timely answers from clear and relevant sources.”
OpenAI added that the SearchGPT prototype provides direct links to news reports, and the company plans to “integrate the best of these features directly into ChatGPT in the future.”
This is the latest trend in which some media have recently teamed up with artificial intelligence startups such as OpenAI to reach content deals.
Perplexity AI launched a revenue-sharing model for publishers in July after more than a month of plagiarism accusations. Media and content platforms including Fortune, Time, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, Der Spiegel and WordPress.com are the first to join the company’s Publisher Program .
OpenAI and Time magazine announced a “multiyear content agreement” in June that will give OpenAI access to current and archived articles from Time magazine’s more than 100-year history. OpenAI will be able to display Time Magazine content in its ChatGPT chatbot to answer user questions, according to one company. Press releaseand uses Time magazine content to “enhance its products,” or possibly train its artificial intelligence models.
OpenAI announced a similar partnership with News Corp. in May, allowing OpenAI to access current and archived articles from The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Barron’s, the New York Post and other publications. Reddit also announced in May that it would be partnering with OpenAI to allow the company to train its artificial intelligence models on Reddit content.
As AI-generated content becomes more commonplace, other news publications and media organizations are actively working to protect their businesses.
The Center for Investigative Reporting is the oldest nonprofit newsroom in the United States. sued OpenAI and major backer Microsoft sued in federal court in June for alleged copyright infringement, following similar lawsuits filed by publications including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News.
In December last year, the New York Times filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing them of infringing intellectual property rights by news content appearing in ChatGPT training materials. According to a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District, The New York Times said it seeks to hold Microsoft and OpenAI liable for “billions of dollars in statutory damages” related to “the unlawful copying and use of The New York Times’ unique and valuable works.” and actual losses”. New York area. OpenAI disagrees with the New York Times’ version of events.
The Chicago Tribune and seven other newspapers followed suit April.