The deal does not include provisions for AI-generated content for Axel Springer's news sites. Axel Springer's CEO, Mathias Dopfner, sees this deal as an evolution of journalism and an opportunity to explore AI-empowered journalism. The deal is not exclusive, suggesting that Axel Springer could explore other similar deals in the future. This agreement comes amid concerns from artists, creators, and corporate intellectual property owners about AI companies using their work without payment.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI and Axel Springer have signed a deal that allows the AI developer to license content from the media company's news sites, marking one of the first instances of a media company securing payment for use of its content by AI developers.
- The content will be used to train OpenAI’s AI models and will populate answers in ChatGPT, which will provide summaries of Axel Springer articles for relevant queries with links and proper attribution.
- OpenAI will also compensate Axel Springer for using its content to train the AI models that power ChatGPT and DALL-E, a photo-generating AI.
- The deal is not exclusive, suggesting that Axel Springer could explore similar agreements with other entities, as long as they value the role of journalistic IP for tech products and the overall relevance of journalism for society.