The Atlantic and Vox Media have entered into strategic content and product partnerships with OpenAI. These multi-year deals, announced on May 29, 2024, will allow for the integration of AI technologies into the media companies' operations, potentially enhancing the accuracy of AI models. The Atlantic's stories will be discoverable in OpenAI's new products, and the partnership aims to explore new ways AI can support serious, independent media. However, the deals have sparked concerns about the implications for journalism, with some questioning whether AI partnerships could lead journalists astray. The agreements come shortly after The Atlantic published a column criticizing such deals, highlighting a potential conflict between management interests and editorial needs. In a related development, OpenAI has also signed a deal with NewsCorp.
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I have talked to dozens of people - editors, journalists, publishers etc - involved in or part of organisations doing these deals. I’ve never seen such a schism between what the *management* interests are ($$) and what the editors and journalists *need* to know…. https://t.co/PTpz9NO37H
I was excited to be quoted in this article from @trtworld about all the deals @OpenAI is making with various media companies, the lastest being @TheAtlantic. The piece is a great overview of the existential crisis facing media companies today. https://t.co/ay2bfvZ3Uc
#OpenAI inks multi-year deal to start using news content from #NewsCorp https://t.co/2Q1DGTNOvG
Publishers including The Atlantic are signing deals with the AI giant. Where does this lead? https://t.co/tFrHIw7rfo
A number of publishers, including The Atlantic, have recently announced partnerships with OpenAI. The arrangements conceivably could lead to more accurate AI models. Also clear, writes @dlberes, are the potential perils: https://t.co/gnxhtcm3JQ
I wrote about The Atlantic's new business partnership with OpenAI. I have concerns. https://t.co/t4tx6c3e3P
Financial Times @ft: Will OpenAI's deals with media companies lead journalists astray? - TRT World. #ArtificialIntelligence #aiact #GenAI https://t.co/W7pIgoOzNP
The Atlantic and Vox Media just signed a deal with the AI Devil 👹 Exciting times ahead for AI integration in media! Will this be a game changer? #AI #TechRevolution @TheAtlantic @voxdotcom 🤖📰🔥 https://t.co/uJ4jBCxfhz
The Atlantic and Vox Media made their own deal with the AI Devil https://t.co/3vMFEzWUrA
.@theatlantic cut a deal with @openai, following other news orgs, but I have questions. https://t.co/mT6JI6aHu7
I am delighted that @theatlantic now has a strategic content & product partnership with @openai. Our stories will be discoverable in their new products and we'll be working with them to figure out new ways that AI can help serious, independent media : https://t.co/nfSVXW9KpB
Interesting. Atlantic inks deal with OpenAI days after carrying a column on why such deals are bad for publishers https://t.co/Gqsxk3iyxn
Exclusive: @TheAtlantic, @voxmedia ink licensing, product deals with @OpenAI More on @axios https://t.co/dwjECXySIV