ChatGPT will teach on and connect to sites like Investopedia and Better Homes & Gardens.
The transition that OpenAI is making toward a licensed approach to training materials is being facilitated by a partnership with another publisher. Dotdash Meredith, the owner of brands such as People and Better Homes & Gardens, will license its content to OpenAI in order to train ChatGPT. At the same time, the publisher will leverage the models developed by the AI startup in order to improve its own in-house platform for advertising targeting.
As part of the agreement, ChatGPT will show content and links that are ascribed to publications written by Dotdash Meredith. In addition to this, it offers OpenAI training materials that are completely licensed and sourced from reputable sources.
After getting into trouble for allegedly using content for training purposes without permission, this is a shift that is very much appreciated by the organization concerned. The creator of ChatGPT has been accused of exploiting its content without authorization, which has led to the filing of a lawsuit against the company by the New York Times and Alden Capital Group, which is the owner of The Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, and the Orlando Sentinel. Sarah Silverman, a comedian, and a car salesperson who is a conspiracy theorist (the latter for different reasons) have both been accused of conspiring.
According to a news statement that was written by Neil Vogel, the CEO of Dotdash Meredith, “We have not been shy about the fact that AI platforms should pay publishers for their content and that content must be appropriately attributed.” This agreement is a demonstration of the excellent work that OpenAI is doing on both fronts to collaborate with content creators and publishers in order to ensure that the Internet will continue to be healthy in the future.
An agreement was reached between OpenAI and The Financial Times prior to the Dotdash Meredith transaction. John Ridding, the chief executive officer of the newspaper, issued a statement a month ago in which he stated, “Of course, it is appropriate for AI platforms to compensate publishers for the use of their content.”
OpenAI’s models will be utilized by Dotdash Meredith, which is also the owner of Investopedia, Food & Wine, InStyle, and Verywell, in order to enhance the effectiveness of its D/Cipher ad-targeting technology. The advertising solution that the publisher uses “connects advertisers directly to consumers based on the context of content being consumed, without using personal identifiers like cookies,” according to the publisher. Google is moving toward a future without cookies, although this change will take place later than was previously advertised. This is a development that will affect the entire business.