OpenAI signs multi-year licensing agreement with news publishing giant Axel Springer to pay for the use of its content

On December 13th, OpenAI reached a long-term licensing agreement with news publishing giant Axel Springer, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Under the agreement, OpenAI will pay to use content from Axel Springer publications, including Politico and Business Insider in the US, and Bild and Welt in Europe, to populate ChatGPT's answers and train its artificial intelligence tools.