OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and The Associated Press (AP) announced a licensing agreement on Thursday, granting OpenAI access to AP’s archive of news stories.
The collaboration involves OpenAI leveraging AP’s extensive text archive, while AP benefits from OpenAI’s technology and product expertise. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“OpenAI licensing part of AP’s text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI’s technology and product expertise,” said OpenAI and The Associated Press (AP) in a joint statement, announcing their groundbreaking licensing agreement.
“We are pleased that OpenAI recognizes that fact-based, nonpartisan news content is essential to this evolving technology, and that they respect the value of our intellectual property,” expressed Kristin Heitmann, AP Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. “AP firmly supports a framework that will ensure intellectual property is protected and content creators are fairly compensated for their work.”
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To enhance the capabilities of their large language models, including ChatGPT, OpenAI and other technology companies rely on vast amounts of written works, such as books, news articles, and social media content.
This partnership allows OpenAI to tap into AP’s rich news archive to further refine their AI systems. The release of ChatGPT in the previous year has spurred the development of numerous “generative AI” products, capable of creating new text passages, images, and other media.
The proliferation of generative AI tools has raised concerns regarding their potential to produce misleading or false information, often difficult to detect due to their sophisticated grasp of grammar and language.
Additionally, questions have been raised about the compensation and recognition of news organizations and other creators whose works were utilized to train these AI models.
Authors, in addition to news organizations, have been seeking compensation for their intellectual property used in training AI systems.
Over 4,000 writers, including notable figures such as Nora Roberts, Margaret Atwood, Louise Erdrich, and Jodi Picoult, penned a letter last month addressed to the CEOs of OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and other AI developers, accusing them of exploitative practices in building chatbots that “mimic and regurgitate” their language, style, and ideas.
Some novelists and comedian Sarah Silverman have also filed copyright infringement lawsuits against OpenAI.
Kristin Heitmann, AP’s Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, expressed satisfaction with OpenAI’s recognition of the importance of fact-based, nonpartisan news content in this evolving technology.
Heitmann emphasized the need for intellectual property protection and fair compensation for content creators.
OpenAI and AP have acknowledged the exploration of potential use cases for generative AI in news products and services, although specific details were not provided.
Both organizations emphasize their commitment to the responsible development and utilization of AI systems, according to the joint statement.
While AP currently does not employ generative AI in its news stories, the organization has been utilizing various forms of AI for nearly a decade, including automated corporate earnings reports and summarizing certain sporting events.
AP also offers a program that assists local news organizations in integrating AI into their operations and recently introduced an AI-powered image archive search.
The licensing agreement between OpenAI and AP marks a significant step towards responsible collaboration in the field of generative AI.
By leveraging AP’s extensive news archive and combining it with OpenAI’s technological expertise, the partnership aims to ensure the ethical and responsible creation and use of AI systems.
