Documents showing the contents of contracts between OpenAI and major news organizations leaked, revealing preferential conditions such as 'preferential display'

OpenAI has strategic partnerships with major news organizations such as the Associated Press and the Financial Times, and has signed contracts to display articles from each organization within ChatGPT. There are many unknowns about the contents of the contracts between OpenAI and the news organizations, but Adweek, a foreign media outlet, has obtained documents related to the contract and reported on the contents.

Leaked Deck Reveals OpenAI's Pitch on Publisher Partnerships
https://www.adweek.com/media/openai-preferred-publisher-program-deck/

OpenAI is pursuing partnerships with news organizations, and has already announced partnerships with major news organizations such as the Financial Times, Associated Press, Axel Springer, Le Monde, and Prisa Media. OpenAI has announced that the partnership will enable ChatGPT responses to quote, summarize, and embed links to news organizations' articles, and that news organizations will be able to use OpenAI's APIs, but the specific details of the contract have not been disclosed.

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Meanwhile, foreign media outlet Adweek obtained 'documents provided by OpenAI to media outlets' and reported on the details of the contract.

According to reports, OpenAI proposed a contract called the 'Preferred Publisher Program (PPP)' for 'selected high-quality news organizations.' News organizations that participated in the PPP would be given priority in ChatGPT's responses, be given 'richer brand expression,' and could also receive compensation from OpenAI.

OpenAI's payments to news organizations are divided into two types: a fixed license fee for access to the data and a usage fee that varies depending on the number of times it is displayed in the chat. In addition, an executive at one news organization testified that 'PPP seems to be focused on scraping new articles rather than training existing AI models.'

An OpenAI representative told Adweek, 'The OpenAI confidential documents are for discussion purposes only. The documents Adweek reported contain outdated information and errors,' and argued that the documents obtained by Adweek are different from the actual contract.

In addition, each media organization has a different response to OpenAI's use of article content. While the Associated Press and the Financial Times have partnered with others, several media organizations, including the New York Times, have taken issue with 'OpenAI's content learning' and sued OpenAI and its investor, Microsoft.

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