Axel Springer and OpenAI have announced a worldwide partnership to strengthen independent journalism within the age of artificial intelligence (AI). The initiative will enrich users’ experience with ChatGPT by adding recent and authoritative content on a wide range of topics, and explicitly values the publisher’s role in contributing to OpenAI’s products. This marks a big step in each corporations’ commitment to leverage AI for enhancing content experiences and creating recent financial opportunities that support a sustainable future for journalism.   

With this partnership, ChatGPT users around the globe will receive summaries of chosen global news content from Axel Springer’s media brands including POLITICO, BUSINESS INSIDER, and European properties BILD and WELT, including otherwise paid content. ChatGPT’s answers to user queries will include attribution and links to the total articles for transparency and further information.  

As well as, the partnership supports Axel Springer’s existing AI-driven ventures that construct upon OpenAI’s technology. The collaboration also involves the usage of quality content from Axel Springer media brands for advancing the training of OpenAI’s sophisticated large language models.