OpenAI Partners with Axios to Fund Expansion into Four New Local News Markets
The three-year deal will support Axios Local newsrooms in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, and Huntsville, with a focus on integrating AI tools and sustaining local journalism.
- OpenAI will fund the launch of four new Axios Local newsrooms in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, and Huntsville, expanding Axios's total local markets to 34.
- This marks the first time OpenAI is directly funding newsrooms, as part of its broader collaboration with over 19 media organizations worldwide.
- Axios plans to use OpenAI's technology to enhance its operations, including creating AI-powered products, while ensuring AI tools are not used for reporting stories.
- The partnership includes a content-sharing agreement where ChatGPT will use Axios journalism to answer user queries with attributed summaries and links to Axios stories.
- OpenAI's international efforts also include supporting 128 newsrooms globally through its partnership with WAN-IFRA, providing AI education and prototype development.
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