Editor’s note: This story was originally shared by the Financial Times and can be read here.
The Financial Times today announced a strategic partnership and licensing agreement with OpenAI, a leader in artificial intelligence research and implementation. This allows us to enhance ChatGPT with attributed content, improve the usefulness of our models by incorporating FT journalism, and collaborate on the development of new AI products and features. For FT readers.
The partnership will enable ChatGPT users to view selected attributed summaries, quotes, and rich links to FT journalism in response to relevant queries.
In addition, FT became a ChatGPT Enterprise customer earlier this year and will be providing access for all of FT’s employees so that their teams can become tech-savvy and benefit from the increased creativity and productivity enabled by OpenAI’s tools. I bought the rights.
FT Group CEO John Ridding said: “This is an important agreement on many fronts.” “We are recognized for the value of our award-winning journalism and are able to gain early insight into how content surfaces through AI. We have long been a leader in news media innovation and our subscription We are pioneers in modeling and engagement technology, and this partnership will help us stay at the forefront of developing the ways people access and use information.”
“The FT is committed to human journalism produced by our unparalleled newsroom, and this agreement broadens the scope of that work, while deepening our understanding of the demands and interests of our readers.” added. “Apart from the benefits to the FT, there are broader implications for the industry. Of course, it is right for AI platforms to pay publishers for the use of their material. These are all essential to us. At the same time, it is clearly in our users’ interest to have reliable sources of information in these products.”
Brad Lightcap, COO of OpenAI, expressed enthusiasm about the evolution of the relationship with the Financial Times, saying: Delivering real-time, world-class journalism to millions of people around the world. ”
“We are passionate about exploring practical outcomes for news sources and AI through this partnership. We value the opportunity to be part of the development loop as people discover content in new ways.” As with any innovative technology, there is potential for significant advances and great challenges, but what is impossible is to protect the FT’s content and brand properly. It’s important to us that we represent quality journalism as these products take shape, with appropriate safeguards in place.
We have always embraced new technology and disruption, and we will continue to operate with curiosity and vigilance to navigate this next wave of change. ”