Archive · 2 Jun 2025
NYT Signs AI Licensing Deal with Amazon
The New York Times is letting Amazon use its articles and content for its AI programs!
Think of it like sharing your toys.
Amazon will use the articles to teach its AI systems, like the one that runs Alexa, how to understand and answer questions.
This means you might see summaries of Times articles when you use Amazon products.
The deal includes content from NYT Cooking and The Athletic.
The NYT is also dealing with a lawsuit and spent millions on it.
The New York Times will license its editorial content to Amazon.
The agreement is for multiple years.
Amazon will use the content in its AI products and services.
Content from NYT Cooking and The Athletic is included.
NYT incurred $4.4 million in costs related to a lawsuit.
- Who
- The New York Times and Amazon.
- What
- A licensing deal for the New York Times' editorial content.
- When
- Announced on Thursday.
- Where
- Not explicitly stated.
- Why
- To allow Amazon to use NYT content for its AI products and services.
- Agreement Duration
- Multi-year agreement
- Partner
- Amazon.com
- Content Licensed
- Editorial content, NYT Cooking, and The Athletic content
- Content Use
- Alexa and Amazon's AI models
- NYT Litigation Costs
- $4.4 million