Sam Altman’s OpenAI has secured a content partnership with Hearst this week, giving the company’s AI models access to troves of newspaper and magazine articles.
OpenAI and Hearst announced the partnership Tuesday, with both parties claiming the deal will strengthen confidence in artificial intelligence and improve OpenAI’s large language models.
“Our partnership with OpenAI will help us evolve the future of magazine content,” Hearst Magazines President Debu Chirichella said in a statement. “This collaboration ensures that our high-quality writing and expertise, cultural and historical context and attribution and credibility are promoted as OpenAI’s products evolve.”
While the terms of the contract have not been disclosed, the deal gives OpenAI’s models access to content published in any of Hearst’s magazines or local newspapers. OpenAI’s ChatGPT can use content from Hearst content in answering user queries, but it must accurately cite the source of the information and provide a link to the article in question.
OpenAI has struck similar deals with other publishers looking to secure lucrative contracts with the AI company. OpenAI currently has content deals with Hearst rivals Conde Nast and Dotdash Meredith and other smaller publications like The Atlantic, Vox Media and The Wall Street Journal.
This week’s deal follows a record-breaking venture capital funding round for OpenAI, which secured over $6.5 billion with the help of major investors like Microsoft.
• Vaughn Cockayne can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.
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