In the first of its kind deal, The ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/new-york-times” target=”_blank”>New York Times has agreed to license its editorial content to ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/amazon” target=”_blank”>Amazon which the tech major can use to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Amazon products, like the ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/alexa” target=”_blank”>Alexa smart speakers, could use the summaries and short excerpts of NYT stories and cooking recipes, while and the company’s ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/ai-models” target=”_blank”>AI models, could now learn from them.

The deal comes even as NYT continues its legal battle with ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/openai” target=”_blank”>OpenAI and ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/microsoft” target=”_blank”>Microsoft after suing them in 2023 for copyright infringement….

In the first of its kind deal, The ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/new-york-times” target=”_blank”>New York Times has agreed to license its editorial content to ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/amazon” target=”_blank”>Amazon which the tech major can use to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Amazon products, like the ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/alexa” target=”_blank”>Alexa smart speakers, could use the summaries and short excerpts of NYT stories and cooking recipes, while and the company’s ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/ai-models” target=”_blank”>AI models, could now learn from them.

The deal comes even as NYT continues its legal battle with ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/openai” target=”_blank”>OpenAI and ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/microsoft” target=”_blank”>Microsoft after suing them in 2023 for copyright infringement….