OpenAI × Axel Springer SE
OpenAI and German publisher Axel Springer announced a multi-year global partnership. The deal allows OpenAI to use content from Politico, Business Insider, and others to train its large language models and to surface recent news in ChatGPT responses with attribution and links. [4, 5] While the official announcements did not disclose financial terms, the Financial Times reported the deal is worth "tens of millions of euros" per year. [6] The agreement is non-exclusive, allowing Axel Springer to make similar deals with other AI companies. [3]
The asset
Licence for content from Axel Springer's media brands, including Politico, Business Insider, and German publications Bild and Welt, to train OpenAI's models and provide summaries in ChatGPT. [3, 4]
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- news publishing
- Modalities
- text
- Jurisdiction
- EU
What it means if you hold data
This deal is significant as it includes paywalled content and establishes a direct revenue stream from an AI developer to a major publisher for both training data and real-time information delivery. [4] It demonstrates a model where journalism is compensated for its role in training AI and providing users with vetted, current information, potentially shaping future AI-publisher relationships. [4, 6]
Sources
- forbes.com — https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2023/12/13/openai-and-axel-springer-announce-deal-that-will-bring-news-content-to-chatgpt/
- siliconangle.com — https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/13/openai-inks-content-licensing-deal-axel-springer/
- the-decoder.com — https://www.the-decoder.com/axel-springer-and-openai-license-agreement-is-worth-tens-of-millions-of-euros-per-year/
- the-decoder.com — https://the-decoder.com/axel-springer-and-openai-form-content-partnership-for-chatgpt-news-and-ai-training/