The New York Times and Amazon's AI licensing deal is reportedly worth up to $25 million per year
The New York Times has reportedly signed an AI licensing deal with Amazon worth $20 million to $25 million per year. This agreement allows Amazon to train its AI models on content from The Times, including content from its auxiliary arms like The Athletic and NYT Cooking, and to offer summaries and excerpts from the paper through Alexa. The value of the deal is a rare insight into the costs associated with media companies licensing their content for AI training. In comparison, OpenAI's five-year licensing deal with News Corp, the owner of The Wall Street Journal, is reportedly worth more than $250 million. The New York Times has also sued OpenAI and Microsoft for training their models on the company's content without permission, and that case is still ongoing.
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