News Corp has denied reports that it has signed a deal with Google to develop content and products related to artificial intelligence (AI).
“While we do not have any AI content licensing agreements with Google, we do have a number of partnerships with Google across our business,” a News Corp spokesperson said in an email on Tuesday (April 30). told.
Google did not immediately respond to PYMNTS' request for comment.
Reuters on Tuesday cited a paywalled article in The Information citing unnamed sources, saying Google pays News Corp $5 million to $6 million a year to develop such content and that the two companies It was reported that the existing cooperative relationship between the two countries will be extended.
Reuters reports that AI companies are looking for content to train their chatbots and are considering partnering with new organizations to license content.
For example, OpenAI has signed deals with the Financial Times and Axel Springer, the report said.
Seeking Alpha, which also reported on The Information article, reported Tuesday that OpenAI has also signed deals with other publishers, including Le Monde, Purisa Media, Associated Press, American Journalism Project, and New York University.
OpenAI and Microsoft are also being sued by the New York Times and Alden Global Capital, which allege in separate lawsuits that both tech companies illegally used the newspaper's content to train their AI models, according to a report from Seeking Alpha. He claims to have used it.
When OpenAI and Axel Springer announced their licensing agreement in December 2023, the two companies announced that the partnership would allow for access to Axel Springer's content from Politico, Business Insider, and Bild in response to questions about OpenAI's AI tool ChatGPT. He said he would provide an overview.
OpenAI and the Associated Press reached an agreement in July 2023, with the AP announcing that OpenAI would license a portion of its newswire archives, while the AP would leverage the AI ​​company's technology and product expertise.
A few days after this announcement, OpenAI announced that it had donated $5 million to the American Journalism Project, which supports local news with the power of AI. The company said it will offer OpenAI credits to nonprofits and their affiliates, and create a studio for local news organizations to try out the technology.