Publishing powerhouse Conde Nast reached a multiyear licensing agreement with OpenAI this week, giving the emerging artificial intelligence company access to even more legacy media.
The deal, announced by the two parties Tuesday, will let OpenAI use content from Conde Nast’s publications on its platforms, including ChatGPT. The AI firm will now have significant access to content from legendary platforms such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Vogue.
While neither party disclosed the terms of the deal, both companies said the agreement is necessary for progress.
“It’s crucial that we meet audiences where they are and embrace new technologies while also ensuring proper attribution and compensation for use of our intellectual property,” Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch said of the deal. “This is exactly what we have found with OpenAI.”
Similarly, OpenAI said the partnerships it has inked with legacy publications will help train its AI models and improve content for users.
This week’s deal is the latest in a string of contracts secured by OpenAI that give the company and its AI platforms exclusive access to content from legacy media platforms. For OpenAI, the deals are essential to increasing the effectiveness of its search engines and AI chatbots.
OpenAI’s other deals involved The Associated Press, Vox, Time, News Corp and the Financial Times.
The pacts also provide OpenAI with a legitimate source of content to train its AI models, protecting the company from copyright lawsuits.
• Vaughn Cockayne can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.
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