Hearst has become the latest major US publisher to sign a deal to license its content to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. as a part of Content from more than 60 Hearst-owned publications will appear in ChatGPT and other OpenAI products. Here are some of the more notable features of the publisher Esquire, Cosmopolitan and By hand. is also the owner of newspapers such as San Francisco Chronicle. When Hearst content appears on ChatGPT, the app will provide citations and direct links.
The organizations did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement. Unlike the OpenAI partnership Its deal with Hearst in May did not include a plan for the two firms to collaborate on ad technology.
“As general AI matures, it’s critical that journalism created by professional journalists is at the heart of all AI products,” said Jeff Johnson, president of Hearst’s Newspapers division. “This agreement enables trusted and curated content created by Hearst Newspapers’ award-winning journalists to be part of OpenAI products like ChatGPT, creating more timely and relevant results.”
This announcement follows OpenAI’s recent a in new venture capital funding. It has signed license agreements with OpenAI since the beginning of 2024 and owner of publications such as Condé Nast Vogue, The New Yorker and Wired. At the same time, not every publisher has been so keen on working with the AI giant. Late last year, The New York Times with Alden Capital Group, the owner of such publications Chicago Tribune and New York Daily Newsafter .
