A Devil’s Bargain With OpenAI
It does all feel a bit like publishers are making a deal with—well, can I say it? The red guy with a pointy tail and two horns?
It does all feel a bit like publishers are making a deal with—well, can I say it? The red guy with a pointy tail and two horns?
Vox Media says in a press release that it will use OpenAI’s technology to “enhance its affiliate commerce product, The Strategist Gift Scout” and expand its ad data platform, Forte.
“OpenAI has permission to display content from News Corp mastheads in response to user questions and to enhance its products.” What that possibly means: The models can be trained on News Corp articles, answer queries using that info, and cite sources.
DotDask Meredith signed a deal on Tuesday with OpenAI to use AI models for its ad-targeting product, D/Cipher. In turn, Dotdash Meredith will license its content to ChatGPT.
“Drew Ortiz doesn’t seem to exist. He has no social media presence and no publishing history. And even more strangely, his profile photo on Sports Illustrated is for sale on a website that sells AI-generated headshots…”