OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and News Corp CEO Robert Thomson. Pictures: Shutterstock and jamesonwu1972/News CorpNews Corp has signed a multi-year global deal that will allow OpenAI to use its current and archived content in products like ChatGPT. News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson described the deal as “the beginning of a beautiful friendship” months after he said he preferred to “woo” the tech company rather than sue it like The New York Times has done. The Wall Street Journal has put a value on the deal of more than $250m over five years “including compensation in the form of cash and credits for use of OpenAI technology”. Future Of Media USA Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers.

Source: The Times May 23, 2024 09:37 UTC