New AI copyright development! OpenAI announced that it has negotiated content licenses with several publishers.

OpenAIrecently announced that they are in talks with dozens of publishers for permission to use news articles for training their big language models. This move was made to resolve a copyright dispute with the New York Times and to ensure that theirartificial intelligence (AI)Legitimacy of technology use.

In negotiations with publishers, theOpenAIsaid it was willing to pay a fee as royalties for the use of the news articles. According to two media company executives involved in the negotiations, OpenAIQuotes range from $1 million to $5 million per year, depending on the size and reach of the publisher.

While this offer may be a viable business partnership for large publishers, it may not be ideal for smaller publishers. Some smaller publishers may argue that the benefits of using news articles for AI training will not be enough to make up for their lost advertising revenue and other business opportunities.

In addition, publishers are concerned that once a deal is struck with OpenAI, other AI companies may follow suit, leading to a spike in royalties. They are also skeptical about whether AI technology is actually boosting journalism.

Despite these challenges, OpenAI remains committed to reaching partnership agreements with publishers. Tom Rubin, the company's chief of intellectual property and content, said that they are in "active and productive negotiations" with a number of publishers and hope to reach more cooperative agreements in the future.

Negotiations between OpenAI and publishers demonstrate the need for AI companies to pay more attention to copyright issues when using media content. As AI technology continues to evolve, copyright issues will become an important topic in the media industry. It is hoped that the two parties can reach a fair and reasonable cooperation agreement to promote the mutual development of AI and the media industry.