OpenAI to pay Axel Springer SE tens of millions to use news content

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has agreed to pay Axel Springer SE tens of millions of euros for the right to use the media giant’s news articles and content to build its artificial intelligence systems.

OpenAI agreed to the payment as part of a three-year deal with the Berlin-based news publisher, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation who asked not to be identified because the financial terms aren’t public.

Under the agreement, San Francisco-based OpenAI will get to use articles and other content from Axel Springer publications, including Politico, Business Insider, and the European properties Bild and Die Welt, to develop its AI models, the companies said in a statement Wednesday.