A media conglomerate that owns publications such as Condé Nast The New Yorker, Vogue and WiredAnnounced a multi-year OpenAI partnership to display content from Condé Nast titles at ChatGPT. SearchGPTthe company’s prototype AI-powered search engine. The partnership is obvious growing concerns over unauthorized use of publishers’ content by AI companies. Condé Nast last month sent Cease and desist letter to AI search startup Perplexity accusing it of plagiarism for using its content to generate answers.
In a memo to employees, Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch said, “In the past decade, news and digital media have faced serious challenges as many tech companies have eroded publishers’ ability to monetize content. reported first by SemaphoreMax Thani. “Our partnership with OpenAI begins to replenish some of that revenue, allowing us to continue to protect and invest in our journalism and creative efforts.” It’s unclear how much OpenAI will pay Condé Nast for the partnership.
The move makes Condé Nast the latest in a growing number of publishers to strike deals with OpenAI. These include News Corp, Vox, Atlantic, TIME and Axel Springer among others. But not everyone agrees with this idea. last year, New York Times a claim Against OpenAI for using the publisher’s articles in ChatGPT’s responses.
Lynch echoed those concerns. In January he warned It said “many” media companies could face financial loss pending the conclusion of lawsuits against AI companies, and called on Congress to take “urgent action” to clarify that publishers must be compensated by AI companies. Earlier this month, three senators used their content, both education presented COPYRIGHT ACT, a bill aimed at protecting journalists and artists from having their content removed by AI companies without their permission.
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