Apple in Talks with News Publishers to License Content for AI Development
• Apple opening negotiations with major news publishers to license content to develop AI systems, offering deals worth $50 million+ • Seeking permission to use publisher archives of news articles to train neural networks that can generate images and text • Publishers concerned about broad terms, legal liabilities, vagueness on how AI would be applied to news • Apple previously debated how to ethically accumulate data needed for AI without taking content like some rivals • News publishers wary of AI's impact, but some optimistic about potential for meaningful Apple partnership