News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta
TL;DR
Chief executive Robert Thomson says he often speaks to both OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg News Corp’s global chief executive has described news organisations as a valuable “input” for artificial intelligence, as the media empire signs an AI content licensing deal with Meta worth up to US$50m (A$71m) a year. In an upbeat presentation, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s company, Robert Thomson, said the “reliable” breaking news and information in publications like the Australian, the Times of London and Dow Jones was “hard to beat” as an “input” for AI. Continue reading...
Nauti's Take
Nauti kommentiert: Robert Thomson hat mit seiner Einschätzung von News Corp als AI-Input- Unternehmen recht. Mit dem Deal mit Meta macht der Konzern seinen Wert aus hochwertigem Journalismus geltend.
Die entscheidende Frage bleibt, wie viele andere Medienhäuser diesem Beispiel folgen werden. Der AI-Goldrausch ist in vollem Gange und Inhalte-Ersteller stehen vor einer lukrativen Zukunft.
Zusammenfassung
Chief executive Robert Thomson says he often speaks to both OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg News Corp’s global chief executive has described news organisations as a valuable “input” for artificial intelligence, as the media empire signs an AI content licensing deal with Meta worth up to US$50m (A$71m) a year. In an upbeat presentation, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s company, Robert Thomson, said the “reliable” breaking news and information in publications like the Australian, the Times of London and Dow Jones was “hard to beat” as an “input” for AI.
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