ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI Forges Content Partnership With Vogue and Condé Nast
On Tuesday, ChatGPT-parent OpenAI announced a multi-year content partnership with media conglomerate Condé Nast. OpenAI will incorporate content from Condé Nast’s brands, such as Vogue and the New Yorker, into its products like ChatGPT and SearchGPT. However, the AI startup did not disclose the financial specifics of the deal.
Partnership Details
OpenAI's COO Brad Lightcap stated, “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.” This collaboration follows similar agreements OpenAI has made with Time magazine, Financial Times, Business Insider-owner Axel Springer, France’s Le Monde, and Spain’s Prisa Media in its mission to integrate journalism more deeply with AI services.
In a staff memo, Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch emphasized the importance of meeting audiences where they are and embracing new technologies while also ensuring proper attribution and compensation for the use of intellectual property.
Legal Context
OpenAI’s partnership with Condé Nast comes amidst legal battles over copyright infringement. Earlier, the New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft Corporation, alleging that they trained their AI model ChatGPT on millions of New York Times articles without permission.
In May 2024, eight U.S. newspaper publishers also filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing them of using their articles without permission in AI products and attributing inaccurate information to them. Microsoft’s AI Chief, Mustafa Suleyman, sparked controversy by suggesting that any content published on the open web is considered "freeware" and is open to being copied and used by anyone.
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