– OpenAI is moving forward with deals with publishers, including Le Monde and Prisa Media, to bring French and Spanish news content to its ChatGPT chatbot.
– OpenAI has signed licensing deals with companies like Stock media library Shutterstock, The Associated Press, Axel Springer, Le Monde, and Prisa Media, with estimated payments ranging between $4 million and $20 million annually for news content.
– There is a debate around the high cost of licensing data for AI training and whether it hinders innovation and competition in the industry, leading to discussions about potential regulatory interventions to ensure fair access to training data.
OpenAI’s legal battle with The New York Times over data is ongoing, but the company has signed contracts with Le Monde and Prisa Media to bring French and Spanish news content to its ChatGPT chatbot. This partnership will provide users with current events coverage from various news brands, helping to expand OpenAI’s training data while supporting the news industry in delivering authoritative information.
The company has also secured licensing deals with media providers such as Shutterstock, The Associated Press, Axel Springer, Le Monde, and Prisa Media. OpenAI is reportedly offering publishers between $1 million and $5 million a year to access archives for training its AI models, with an estimated annual payment of $4 million to $20 million for news data. These high costs may create barriers for competitors looking to enter the AI space.
There is ongoing debate about whether licensing should simply be a cost of doing business in AI or if there should be regulatory intervention to protect smaller players from legal liabilities. The U.K. has attempted to exempt text and data mining for AI training from copyright considerations for research purposes, but these efforts have encountered challenges.
It is essential to find a balance between compensating publishers fairly while ensuring that challengers to AI incumbents and academics have access to the necessary data. Grants and larger VC checks may be solutions, but the industry must continue to explore these issues to prevent a situation where only powerful companies have access to valuable training sets.