OpenAI Signs Content Usage Agreement with US Time Magazine for "ChatGPT Upgrade"

101 Years of Accumulated Time Magazine Content Usage
Specific Contract Duration and Scale Not Disclosed

OpenAI, which has partnered with renowned media companies to enhance ChatGPT's performance, has now joined forces with the global weekly magazine Time.

On the 27th (local time), OpenAI announced on its website, "We have signed a multi-year content supply agreement and strategic partnership to provide Time's trusted journalism to OpenAI's products, including ChatGPT," adding, "We will improve our products by accessing Time's vast archive accumulated over the past 101 years."

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Through this collaboration, OpenAI will be able to use not only Time's latest articles but also content from 100 years ago for training its artificial intelligence (AI) models. OpenAI plans to present Time's content in response to ChatGPT users' questions and provide links to the original sources along with citations. Specific details such as the contract duration and financial terms of this deal have not been disclosed.

Brad Lightcap, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of OpenAI, said, "Based on our collaboration with Time, OpenAI will make it easier for people to access news content through AI tools and preserve the value of journalism by clearly identifying the original sources."

Mark Howard, COO of Time, responded, "Over its 101-year history, Time has embraced innovation to ensure that the delivery of trusted journalism evolves alongside technology. This partnership with OpenAI will advance our mission to expand Time's journalism and information accessibility globally."

This is not the first time OpenAI has formed a strategic partnership with a media company. Last month, OpenAI signed a $250 million (approximately 340 billion KRW) content licensing agreement over five years with News Corporation (News Corp), the world's largest media group. News Corp owns major U.S. outlets such as The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the New York Post, the large U.S. publisher HarperCollins, the UK daily The Times, and Australia's Euro Broadcasting. Other content partners of OpenAI include U.S. political media outlet Politico, economic media Business Insider, AP News, Le Monde, and the Financial Times (FT). However, OpenAI is currently engaged in legal disputes with The New York Times (NYT) over copyright infringement issues.

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