Anthropic Signs Its First News Licensing Deal With the Associated Press
Anthropic reverses course and pays for news content for the first time
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Anthropic signed its first licensing deal with a news publisher just ahead of the US midterm elections.
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Anthropic signed its first news licensing deal with the Associated Press (AP) ahead of the US midterm elections, according to Adweek, which cited two people familiar with the matter. The deal allowed Claude to show live AP election results on election night with source attribution; its financial terms and duration were not disclosed. The article says Anthropic had previously rejected such partnerships and notes that OpenAI already had more than a dozen.
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Anthropic signed its first news licensing deal with the Associated Press, allowing Claude to show live AP election results with source attribution on US midterm election night. Adweek reported the deal, citing two people familiar with the matter; its financial terms and duration were not disclosed. Anthropic had previously rejected news licensing partnerships, according to the report. OpenAI already had more than a dozen such deals.
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