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OpenAI signs multi-year content agreement with News Corp

By TechTaffy Desk

News Corp and OpenAI have announced a multi-year agreement that will allow OpenAI to display content from News Corp’s publications in response to user questions and enhance its products.

Under the agreement, OpenAI will gain access to current and archived content from News Corp’s major news and information publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, FN, and New York Post; The Times, The Sunday Times, and The Sun; The Australian, news.com.au, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier Mail, The Advertiser, and Herald Sun, among others. The partnership does not include access to content from any of News Corp’s other businesses.

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