OpenAI is getting into the local news game.
Newsletter-based media organization Axios announced a partnership with OpenAI on Wednesday. As part of this three-year deal, the AI giant will fund the expansion of Axios’ local newspapers in four new cities: Pittsburgh; Kansas City, Missouri; Boulder, Colorado; and Huntsville, Alabama.
While OpenAI has signed content sharing and licensing deals with several publications — the nature and details of those deals have not been disclosed — this is the first time that OpenAI is funding the actual newsroom of a media company it has partnered with, according to Axios. OpenAI’s other media partners include: Vox Media, The Atlantic and the Financial Times, among many others.
In a blog post, OpenAI said: “In the next phase of our work, including our latest partnership with Axios, we are focusing on helping publishers more effectively integrate our tools to benefit missions and their businesses.”
TechCrunch contacted OpenAI for more information.
