The San Francisco-based AI company will now have access to content from leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal and The Sunday Times. OpenAI is venturing into journalism with a landmark global partnership with News Corp, the multi-billion dollar news media organisation headquartered in New York. As part of this deal announced yesterday (22 May), OpenAI has permission to display news content from several global publications owned by News Corp as answers to questions prompted to its AI models.
The ultimate object, OpenAI says, is to provide people the ability to make informed choices based on reliable information and news sources. Some of the titles OpenAI will have access to include: The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, New York Post, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier Mail, The Advertiser and Herald Sun. “We believe an historic agreement will set new standards for veracity, for virtue and for value in the digital age,” said Robert Thomson, chief executive of News Corp.
“We are delighted to have found principled partners in Sam Altman and his trusty, talented team who understand the commercial and social significance of journalists and journalism. This landmark accord is not an end, but the beginning of a beautiful friendship in which we are jointly committed to creating and delivering insight and integrity instantaneously.” Other than providing news content, O.
