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News Corp-Owned Publishers File Copyright Infringement Suit Against Perplexity
Legal // October 22, 2024

Two News Corp-owned publishers — Wall Street Journal (WSJ) parent company Dow Jones and the New York Post — have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against artificial intelligence (AI) search engine Perplexity. The publishers allege that the AI startup uses their copyrighted content to answer...

OpenAI Products to Integrate Hearst Newspaper and Magazine Content
artificial intelligence // October 08, 2024

Hearst and OpenAI have formed a content partnership that will see Hearst’s newspaper and domestic magazine content integrated into OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) products, including ChatGPT. The collaboration will give ChatGPT’s 200 million weekly users access to content from Hearst publications like the Houston...

Zuora Acquires Sub(x) to Offer AI-Powered Subscriber Intelligence
Acquisitions // June 18, 2024

Subscription management company Zuora is acquiring Sub(x), an AI solution for media/publishing firms. The acquisition will allow Zuora to turn its paywall offering into an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered paywall solution to garner better insights into subscriber behavior, the companies said in a Tuesday (June 18) news release. “Today’s competitive...

Authors Fight Rise of AI ‘Scam Books’ on Amazon
artificial intelligence // March 13, 2024

Authors fighting for space on Amazon now have a new threat to contend with: books generated by artificial intelligence (AI). “Scam books on Amazon have been a problem for years,” Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the Authors Guild, told NPR in a report Wednesday (March 13), adding that the problem has...

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News Corp-Owned Publishers File Copyright Infringement Suit Against Perplexity

October 22, 2024
Two News Corp-owned publishers — Wall Street Journal (WSJ) parent company Dow Jones and the New York Post — have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against artificial intelligence (AI) search engine Perplexity. The publishers allege that the AI startup uses their copyrighted content to answer users’ questions, in some cases reproducing entire articles, and takes […]

OpenAI Products to Integrate Hearst Newspaper and Magazine Content

October 08, 2024
Hearst and OpenAI have formed a content partnership that will see Hearst’s newspaper and domestic magazine content integrated into OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) products, including ChatGPT. The collaboration will...

Zuora Acquires Sub(x) to Offer AI-Powered Subscriber Intelligence

June 18, 2024
Subscription management company Zuora is acquiring Sub(x), an AI solution for media/publishing firms. The acquisition will allow Zuora to turn its paywall offering into an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered paywall solution to garner better...

Authors Fight Rise of AI ‘Scam Books’ on Amazon

March 13, 2024
Authors fighting for space on Amazon now have a new threat to contend with: books generated by artificial intelligence (AI). “Scam books on Amazon have been a problem for years,” Mary Rasenberger, CEO of...