OpenAI × Guardian Media Group
Guardian Media Group and OpenAI announced a partnership to make The Guardian's journalism available within ChatGPT. [52, 60] The deal allows for the use of its content to provide summaries and extracts with attribution, and in return, The Guardian will use OpenAI's technology, including ChatGPT Enterprise, to develop new products and tools. [39, 52] The financial terms were not disclosed.
The asset
A strategic partnership to bring The Guardian's reporting and archive journalism to ChatGPT as a news source, including attributed summaries and article extracts.
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- news publishing
- Modalities
- text
- Jurisdiction
- UK
What it means if you hold data
This agreement is notable as it was announced just a day after The Guardian joined a lawsuit against another AI company, signaling a dual strategy of litigation against unlicensed use while forming partnerships for licensed use. It highlights the trend of publishers seeking both compensation and access to AI technology in exchange for their content.