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New York Times agrees to license content to Amazon for AI use

May 30, 2025 - thehindubusinessline.com
The New York Times Co. has entered into a multiyear agreement with Amazon.com Inc. to license its editorial content for use across Amazon's artificial intelligence platforms. This marks the first such deal for the newspaper, which has previously been at odds with new technologies. The collaboration will include Times editorial content, recipes from NYT Cooking, and sports content from The Athletic, aiming to enhance Amazon customer experiences and expand the reach of Times journalism. Summaries and excerpts of Times content will be integrated into Amazon products like the Alexa voice platform and used to train Amazon's AI models. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

This agreement comes amid ongoing legal disputes between The New York Times and OpenAI, along with its partner Microsoft Corp., over alleged copyright infringement. The Times has accused these companies of using its articles to train AI chatbots without compensation. OpenAI has faced similar lawsuits from authors and publishers for allegedly scraping web content to train its ChatGPT chatbot. In response to concerns about losing readers and advertising revenue to AI-generated content, many publishers have secured licensing deals with companies like OpenAI, Alphabet Inc., and Perplexity AI.

Key takeaways:

  • The New York Times has reached a deal to license its editorial content to Amazon for use across its AI platforms.
  • The collaboration will include Times editorial content, recipes from NYT Cooking, and sports content from The Athletic.
  • Summaries and excerpts of Times content will be used in Amazon products like Alexa and to train Amazon's AI models.
  • The New York Times is currently in a lawsuit with OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement related to AI training.
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