The New York Times’ first generative AI deal is with Amazon
Amazon Will Use Content From The New York Times and The Athletic for Summaries and Excerpts in Alexa
The New York Times has struck a multi-year AI licensing deal with Amazon that will bring its “editorial content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences,” the outlet announced on Thursday. Under the agreement, Amazon will include summaries and short excerpts of The Times’ content in products like Alexa, and will also use Times articles to help train its AI models.