The New York Times’ first generative AI deal is with Amazon

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. 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. In addition to using content from The Times, Amazon will also draw from the outlet’s sports-focused outlet, The Athletic, and its recipe hub, NYT Cooking. Amazon launched its AI-upgraded Alexa Plus in early access earlier this year and claims “hundreds of thousands of customers” have tried the assistant. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ... Read full article.