has cut another major media licensing deal. The artificial intelligence firm has inked a deal with . that will bring content from its stable of media outlets to ChatGPT and other OpenAI products.
“Through this partnership, OpenAI has permission to display content from News Corp mastheads in response to user questions and to enhance its products, with the ultimate objective of providing people the ability to make informed choices based on reliable information and news sources,” the companies said in the announcement. The News Corp. properties , MarketWatch and and , news.
com.au and are all part of the deal, terms of which were not disclosed. News Corp.
will also “share journalistic expertise” with OpenAI “to help ensure the highest journalism standards are present across OpenAI’s offering.” News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson has previously said that he expects AI deals to eventually deliver “significant” revenue for the company, saying in an earnings call last year that “generative AI engines are only as sophisticated as their inputs and need constant replenishing to remain relevant.
And we are proud to partner with responsible purveyors of AI products and their prescient leaders.” The deal with News Corp. comes amid a flurry of other deals from OpenAI, including a last week, and a earlier in May.
But it also comes days after OpenAI after actress Scarlett Johansson sent legal letters to the company, accusing it of trying to strike a deal for her voice as part .