The Associated Press on Thursday said it reached a two-year deal with OpenAI, the parent company to ChatGPT, to share access to select news content and technology.

Why it matters: The deal marks one of the first official news-sharing agreements made between a major U.S. news company and an artificial intelligence firm.

Details: As part of the deal, OpenAI will license some of the AP’s text archive dating back to 1985 to help train its artificial intelligence algorithms.

• The AP will get access to OpenAI’s technology and product expertise.
• The two firms are still working through the technical details of how the sharing will work on the back end, a spokesperson said.
• Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's chief operating officer, said AP's "feedback—along with access to their high-quality, factual text archive—will help to improve the capabilities and usefulness of OpenAI’s systems.”

Be smart: The AP was one of the first major national news organizations to use automation technology in its news report.

• About a decade ago, it began automating corporate earnings reports before later using automation for its coverage of local sporting events.
• It has since expanded its use of automation in other parts of the news-gathering and production processes, including helping partner newsrooms adopt automation for coverage of local public safety incidents, and translating weather alerts into Spanish.
• Earlier this year, AP launched an AI-enabled search tool that makes it easier for its clients,...

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