OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attended the 54th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 18, 2024.
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Open artificial intelligence and News Corp. On Wednesday, OpenAI announced a “multi-year global partnership” that will give OpenAI access to current and archived articles from News Corp.-owned media, including the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Barron’s, the New York Post and others.
As part of the deal, OpenAI will be able to display content from News Corp-owned media in its ChatGPT chatbot to answer user questions. The startup will also be able to use News Corp content to “enhance its products” or potentially train its artificial intelligence models.
As part of the deal, News Corp will also “share journalism expertise to help ensure OpenAI’s products reflect the highest journalistic standards,” according to a press release.
“We believe this is a historic agreement that will set new standards for authenticity, virtue and value in the digital age,” said News Corp. chief executive Robert Thomson. said wednesday in one version. “We are pleased to have found a principled partner in Sam Altman and his trusted, talented team who understand the business and social implications of journalists and journalism.”
Previously, Reddit announced on Thursday that it would cooperate with OpenAI to let the maker of ChatGPT train its artificial intelligence model on Reddit content. As part of the deal, OpenAI will gain access to the Reddit Data Application Programming Interface (API), which “provides real-time, structured and unique content from Reddit,” according to a press release.
In exchange, Reddit will begin providing certain artificial intelligence capabilities to users and moderators with the support of OpenAI, which will also become Reddit’s advertising partner. Google announced a similar partnership with Reddit in February, allowing the company to train its artificial intelligence models, such as Gemini, on Reddit content by accessing the platform’s API.
Last week, OpenAI launched a new artificial intelligence model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with an updated user interface, in the company’s latest effort to expand the use of its popular chatbot. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati said in a live broadcast last week that this update will bring GPT-4 to everyone, including free users of OpenAI.
Murati said the new model, GPT-4o, is “much faster” and has improved text, video and audio capabilities. OpenAI says it eventually plans to allow users to use ChatGPT for video chat.