OpenAI partners with Dotdash Meredith

This strategic partnership with Dotdash Meredith, publisher of People magazine, will allow both companies to develop innovative projects in the fields of content and technology. This collaboration aims to revolutionize artificial intelligence-supported content production processes.

OpenAIis taking important steps in the publishing world and switching to a content licensing approach. In this context, Dotdash, owner of brands such as People and Better Homes & Gardens, signed a licensing agreement with Meredith. This cooperation
OpenAIof ChatGPT To train its model, Dotdash will offer the opportunity to license content from Meredith, while the publisher will use OpenAI’s models to power its own ad targeting tool.

As part of the agreement, ChatGPT Dotdash will display content and links from Meredith’s posts. This gives OpenAI the opportunity to provide fully licensed educational materials from trusted publications. This development is seen as a positive change after the company was in a difficult situation due to allegations of unauthorized content use. Previously, the New York Times and Alden Capital Group (which owns the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News and Orlando Sentinel) claimed that their content was used without permission. ChatGPT He filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer. Comedian Sarah Silverman and a conspiracy theorist car salesman have made similar accusations.

OpenAI partners with Dotdash Meredith

“We have always maintained that AI platforms should pay for content from publishers and that content should be properly attributed,” Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel said in a press release. “This agreement is a testament to OpenAI’s great work in collaborating with creators and publishers and ensuring a healthy Internet in the future.”

Before the Dotdash Meredith deal, OpenAI had a deal with The Financial Times. “It is true, of course, that AI platforms should pay publishers for their use,” said John Ridding, the newspaper’s chief executive.

Dotdash Meredith, which also owns brands like Investopedia, Food & Wine, InStyle and Verywell, will use OpenAI’s models to power its D/Cipher ad targeting tool. The publisher says its advertising systems connect advertisers directly to consumers without using cookies such as personal identifiers, based on the context of content consumption. This heralds an industry-wide shift in which Google will transition to a cookie-free future at a later date than originally announced.