OpenAI is advancing its AI models by signing deals with major news publishers like Le Monde and Prisa Media, integrating their content into ChatGPT. While this provides ChatGPT users with access to quality news summaries and expands OpenAI’s training data, it raises concerns about the competitive landscape. The cost of such deals, reported to be between $1 million and $5 million annually per publisher, could create a barrier to entry for smaller AI firms and academic researchers. The high price of licensing content may inadvertently protect incumbents like Google and OpenAI by pricing out potential competitors, potentially stifling innovation in the AI field.
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