OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has entered into a partnership agreement with the UK’s Financial Times, allowing the AI company to utilize its content for training AI models and collaborating on the development of new AI products and features.
Financial Times announced this in a statement released on Monday, revealing that as part of the partnership, ChatGPT users will have access to select attributed summaries, quotes, and links to FT journalism in response to relevant queries.
This content agreement with the publishing firm comes amid a legal case brought by the New York Times against OpenAI, alleging unauthorized use of its published works to train ChatGPT.
Previously, OpenAI had inked similar deals with German publisher Axel Springer, the Associated Press, Le Monde, and Prisa Media in France and Spain.
In addition to the content deal, FT disclosed that it became a ChatGPT Enterprise customer earlier this year, providing access to all FT employees. This move aims to ensure that their teams are proficient in the technology and can leverage the creativity and productivity enhancements facilitated by OpenAI’s tools.
FT Group CEO, John Ridding, commented on the agreement, stating, “This is an important agreement in a number of respects. It recognizes the value of our award-winning journalism and will give us early insights into how content is surfaced through AI.”
Meanwhile, OpenAI’s COO, Brad Lightcap, expressed excitement about the partnership, emphasizing its focus on utilizing AI to empower journalists and publishing firms. “Our partnership and ongoing dialogue with the FT is about finding creative and productive ways for AI to empower news organizations and journalists,” Lightcap said.
The New York Times previously accused OpenAI of using its copyrighted content to train models without authorization. Although OpenAI disputes this claim, the recent agreements with publishers aim to mitigate the risk of further lawsuits while providing additional revenue streams for publishers partnering with the AI company for content usage.
