Google reportedly has agreed to pay News Corp, owner of
The Wall Street Journal, up to $6 million annually to develop new AI-related content and products.
Search and AI companies
such as OpenAI are looking to partner with news organizations to license their archived content for training chatbots.
The deal is part of a longstanding partnership between Google and News
Corp, the report said, citing The Information, a News Corp employee, and another person who is close to the deal.
But a News Corp spokesperson told Reuters the company does not have an AI
content licensing deal with Google, although it does have several partnerships with Google across its businesses.
Google has not yet responded to a request from Media Daily News
for more information
Earlier this week, a similar deal was struck between OpenAI and news publishers such as the
Financial Times and Axel Springer.
The deals are not limited to
traditional publishing.
A similar deal earlier this year was forged between Google and Reddit.
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