Washington Post Inks OpenAI Licensing Deal for Search
a year ago
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- The Washington Post partners with OpenAI to make its content accessible via ChatGPT.
- ChatGPT will display summaries, quotes, and links to Post articles with clear attribution.
- The partnership aims to provide reliable, factual information on complex or fast-moving topics.
- OpenAI has similar deals with over 20 news publishers, including News Corp and Financial Times.
- Some publishers, like The New York Times, have sued OpenAI for copyright infringement.
- Washington Post's global partnerships head emphasizes meeting audiences where they are.
- Over 500 million people use ChatGPT weekly for searches.
- Washington Post has launched AI experiments like 'Ask the Post AI' and 'Climate Answers'.
- The Post uses AI for summaries, audio, and other solutions while remaining LLM-agnostic.