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Kevin Okemwa

Surprisingly, OpenAI is getting ready to pay tens of millions to publishers for using their content to train ChatGPT, amid reports that it's getting dumber

Bing and Open AI.

What you need to know

  • OpenAI is reportedly in the middle of a megadeal with German publisher Axel Springer, which will see it part tens of millions of euros in a span of 3 years.
  • If the deal goes through OpenAI will have access to articles (archived and current) from the publisher, which it'll use to train its AI models.
  • The tech firm promises to link back to the publisher for absolute transparency regarding the original source for the information.
  • Axel Springer will also leverage OpenAI's expertise in tech to improve its own products. 
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