OpenAI is funding four new Axios newsrooms as part of a multi-year deal that should see investment in 100 new locations, Axios reports.
This is a first for OpenAI, Axios reports.
The four newsrooms are Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, Colorado and Huntsville, Alabama. That brings the total of Axios newsrooms to 34.
As part of the arrangement, ChatGPT will use Axios content to answer user queries. In addition, Axios can utilize OpenAI technology to build its own systems, Axios reports.
The OpenAI technology will be
utilized to “help build a system for creation, distribution, and monetization of our journalism," says Allison Murphy, chief operating officer of Axios, and Aja Whitaker-Moore, editor in chief
in a memo to employees.
“Our goal is to be a thoughtful partner—helping journalists with time-consuming tasks, improving ChatGPT’s understanding of
sources of current news events, and offering new ways for publishers to reach readers through ChatGPT,” OpenAI states.
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It adds that the" partnerships with publishers like News Corp, The Atlantic, Vox Media, Prisa Media, Condé Nast, Hearst, and Dotdash Meredith enable ChatGPT search to now feature select summaries and excerpts from trusted media outlets with clear citations and direct links to original sources.: OpenAI adds.
Axios concedes in its story that while OpenAI leads in making deals with media publishers, AI competitors are catching up.
In addition, OpenAI is fighting a contentious copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the New York Times in 2023. Microsoft is also a defendant.
But Open AI says Microsoft, a minority
owner in OpenAI, has said it will pay news providers to feature their content in its Copilot AI assistant.
OpenAI has partnered with almost 20 media firms to bring
OpenAI’s technology to more than 160 news outlets.