OpenAI is getting into the local news game.
Newsletter-based media organization Axios announced a partnership with OpenAI on Wednesday. As part of the three-year deal, the AI giant will fund the expansion of Axios' local newsletter into four new cities. Kansas City, Missouri. Boulder, Colorado. and Huntsville, Alabama.
According to Axios, OpenAI has content sharing and licensing agreements with several publications (the nature and details of these agreements have not been made public), but OpenAI does not provide funding for the actual newsrooms of the media companies it works with. This is the first time that it has been offered. OpenAI's other media partners include Vox Media, The Atlantic, Financial Times, and more.
“The next stages of our work, including our latest partnership with Axios, will help publishers more effectively integrate our tools to benefit their missions and businesses,” OpenAI said in a blog post. We are focused on supporting the.
TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for more information.