ChatGPT developer OpenAI has reportedly signed a deal with ChatGPT. financial times This allows the journalistic content of newspapers to be used as a means to train artificial intelligence systems.
of financial times The company will receive an undisclosed payment as part of the deal, the people said. report by guardian.
The deal reportedly means ChatGPT users will encounter summaries and quotes from: financial times When you ask a question to the chatbot, you are interested in journalism and in certain responses you will also receive a link to the article.of financial times against left-wing positions such as support for globalism and passionate opposition to Brexit.
FT Group chief executive John Ridding said it was “right” for AI companies to pay publishers for their content.
“At OpenAI, we understand the importance of transparency, attribution, and reward, all of which are essential to us,” said Ridding. “At the same time, it is clear that it is in the interest of users that these products include reliable sources of information.”
OpenAI also reportedly signed a similar deal with French newspaper The Associated Press. Le MondeSpanish media company PRISA, and German media company Axel Springer.
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap argued that it’s important for AI developers to “represent quality journalism as these products take shape.”
“As with any innovative technology, there is potential for great progress and great challenges, but the one thing that will never be possible is to turn back time,” Lightcap added.
However, not all companies feel respected by OpenAI, as AI developers are facing multiple lawsuits.
of new york timesFor example, OpenAI is suing the company and its largest investor, Microsoft, for using journalism to train large-scale language models without permission from newspapers.
Similarly, authors Jodi Pickult, John Grisham, game of thrones Author George RR Martin is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement in the US.
Meanwhile, visual media company Getty Images is suing the company, which operates image generation company Stable Diffusion in the UK, over similar allegations.
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