Islamabad, Aug 21: The AI startup OpenAI, helmed by Sam Altman, revealed on Tuesday that it has entered into a multi-year relationship with Condé Nast to display material from its brands, including the New Yorker and Vogue, within ChatGPT and SearchGPT prototype. The deal’s financial details were kept a secret.
Over the past few months, OpenAI has inked similar agreements with the Financial Times, Time magazine, Axel Springer, the owner of Business Insider, Le Monde in France, and Prisa Media in Spain.
Although these content collaborations are crucial for training AI models, the Microsoft-backed company was sued by several media outlets, including the New York Times and the Intercept, for copyright violations related to their works.
OpenAI’s chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, stated that his organization is dedicated to collaborating with news publishers such as Condé Nast in order to “maintain accuracy, integrity, and respect for quality reporting as AI plays a larger role in news discovery and delivery.”
Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch wrote a note to staff members stating that publishers’ capacity to monetise content has been undermined by numerous technology companies over the past 10 years, creating significant challenges for news and digital media.
“Our partnership with OpenAI begins to make up for some of that revenue,” Lynch stated.
Launched in July, OpenAI’s AI-powered search engine SearchGPT entered a market long held by Google and offers real-time access to online information.The business announced on Tuesday that it was working with its news partners to gather opinions and suggestions regarding SearchGPT’s functionality and appearance.
