The New York Times announced on Thursday it would partner with Amazon and allow the company to use its content as part of its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
The multi-year licensing agreement will bring Times editorial content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences and "broadens the companies' existing relationship, and will bring additional value to Amazon customers and bring Times journalism to wider audiences," they said in a statement.
The agreement will allow Amazon to use editorial content from The New York Times, NYT Cooking and The Athletic for AI-related uses, including a real-time display of summaries and short excerpts of Times content within Amazon products and services, such as Alexa, and training Amazon’s proprietary foundation models.
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