OpenAI has announced a multi-year partnership with the media company Condé Nast to allow the Microsoft-backed company to use content from several media brands, including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Vanity Fair and Bon Appétit.
Under the terms of this new agreement, OpenAI will have the permission to display content from Condé Nast’s trove of media in its AI-powered products, including ChatGPT and the SearchGPT prototype.
As with other media partnerships, neither OpenAI nor Condé Nast disclosed the exact terms of the deal.
“We’re committed to working with Condé Nast and other news publishers to ensure that as AI plays a larger role in news discovery and delivery, it maintains accuracy, integrity, and respect for quality reporting,” OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said in a statement posted on the company’s website.
In an internal company memo, Roger Lynch, CEO of Condé Nast, has shared that over the past decade, news and digital media has faced challenges as several technology companies have limited publishers’ abilities to monetize content. It is thus important to embrace new technologies and protect intellectual property.
“Our partnership with OpenAI begins to make up for some of that revenue, allowing us to continue to protect and invest in our journalism and creative endeavors,” he said.
He added, “Throughout the process OpenAl has shown that they too are very committed to this mission. They have been transparent and willing to productively work with publishers like us so that the public can receive reliable information and news through their platforms.”
This announcement follows similar deals between OpenAI and other journalism outlets, including The Financial Times, Associated Press, Vox Media, The Atlantic, le Monde, Prisa Media, Axel Springer, and News Corp. Just this June, it signed a multi-year content licensing deal to access the century-old archies of Time Magazine.
On the other hand, several other media groups, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Intercept and the Center for Investigative Reporting have sued OpenAI after accusing the company of using their content without permission and without compensation.
Additionally, the Authors Guild and a group of popular authors, including George RR Martin and Jonathan Franzen, have also filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of copyright infringement.
