
The Atlantic and Vox Media have entered into strategic content and product partnerships with OpenAI. These multi-year deals, announced on May 29, 2024, will allow for the integration of AI technologies into the media companies' operations, potentially enhancing the accuracy of AI models. The Atlantic's stories will be discoverable in OpenAI's new products, and the partnership aims to explore new ways AI can support serious, independent media. However, the deals have sparked concerns about the implications for journalism, with some questioning whether AI partnerships could lead journalists astray. The agreements come shortly after The Atlantic published a column criticizing such deals, highlighting a potential conflict between management interests and editorial needs. In a related development, OpenAI has also signed a deal with NewsCorp.
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I have talked to dozens of people - editors, journalists, publishers etc - involved in or part of organisations doing these deals. I’ve never seen such a schism between what the *management* interests are ($$) and what the editors and journalists *need* to know…. https://t.co/PTpz9NO37H
I was excited to be quoted in this article from @trtworld about all the deals @OpenAI is making with various media companies, the lastest being @TheAtlantic. The piece is a great overview of the existential crisis facing media companies today. https://t.co/ay2bfvZ3Uc






