OpenAI and TIME have announced a multi-year strategic content partnership that will bring TIME’s rich archival content, spanning 101 years, to OpenAI’s products, including ChatGPT. This collaboration aims to enhance OpenAI’s response capabilities by integrating TIME’s current and historical content, providing users with trusted journalism and direct links to original stories on Time.com.
Mark Howard, CEO at TIME said: “Throughout our 101-year history, TIME has embraced innovation to ensure that the delivery of our trusted journalism evolves alongside technology. This partnership with OpenAI advances our mission to expand access to trusted information globally as we continue to embrace innovative new ways of bringing TIME’s journalism to audiences globally.”
Through this partnership, OpenAI will access TIME’s extensive archives, enabling it to offer enriched responses to user inquiries with citations and links to TIME’s content. This initiative supports TIME’s mission to broaden global access to accurate and trusted information.
Brad Lightcap, COO at OpenAI said: “We’re partnering with TIME to make it easier for people to access news content through our AI tools, and to support reputable journalism by providing proper attribution to original sources,”.
In addition to content sharing, TIME will leverage OpenAI’s technology to develop new products for its audience. This collaboration will also allow TIME to provide valuable feedback and explore practical applications, helping refine and enhance the delivery of journalism within ChatGPT and other OpenAI products, thereby shaping the future of news experiences.
The partnership represents a significant step in integrating historic and current journalistic content into AI platforms, offering users a richer, more informed interaction with technology.
