Author: The Wall Street Journal

Media giants are striking multimillion-dollar licensing deals with AI companies. This could represent a new, lucrative stream of revenue for big publishers such as Reddit and the New York Times. But what about smaller players? This is the second episode of “The New AI Data Trade,” a special two-part series on how AI companies get their data. In this episode, we hear from creators who have licensed their content through AI data brokers such as Troveo. But how much money can small publishers actually make? Coleman Standifer hosts.

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Further Reading

Wall Street Journal, New York Post Sue AI Startup Perplexity, Alleging ‘Massive Freeriding’

For Data-Guzzling AI Companies, the Internet Is Too Small

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Generative AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini need data, and the content creators supplying that data want to get paid. This is the first episode of “The New AI Data Trade,” a special two-part series diving into how data makes its way from a publisher or creator to be used by an AI model, and the conflicts that have arisen along the way. In this first episode, we explore how publishers have grown concerned over web scraping. This has led to lawsuits, with publishers such as Reddit, the New York Times and New Corp.’s Dow Jones suing to protect their data. Meanwhile, companies like Cloudflare are making it harder for AI companies to access data from publishers for free. This has opened the door for data-usage deals through startups such as Troveo. Coleman Standifer hosts.

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Further Reading

Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s Data 

The AI Scraping Fight That Could Change the Future of the Web 

Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal 

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