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New York Times Licenses Journalism to Amazon for AI Integration

It underscores the growing worth of paid journalism for training AI models during industry disputes over copyright.

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Overview

  • The multi-year agreement grants Amazon rights to use New York Times editorial content, including news articles, NYT Cooking recipes and The Athletic features, in its AI products.
  • Under the deal, Alexa users on Echo devices can request summaries and excerpts of Times stories with direct links to original articles.
  • Amazon will also employ the licensed content to train its proprietary AI models and enhance generative capabilities across its services.
  • While financial terms remain undisclosed, industry reports indicate the Times will receive substantial compensation for its content.
  • The partnership coincides with the Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged AI copyright infringement and parallels Getty Images’ legal challenge over unlicensed image use.