Microsoft Launches Publisher Marketplace to Pay Content Creators for AI Training Data
Summary
Microsoft becomes the first major tech company to launch a Publisher Content Marketplace, offering to pay select U.S. publishers for their content to train AI systems like Copilot, amid ongoing copyright lawsuits from major news organizations including the New York Times.
Key Points
- Microsoft launches talks with select U.S. publishers for a pilot Publisher Content Marketplace that compensates content creators for AI usage, starting with Copilot assistant
- The tech giant becomes the first major company to build an AI marketplace for publishers, telling partners 'You deserve to be paid on the quality of your IP' at its Monaco Partner Summit
- Microsoft faces legal challenges from New York Times and other publishers for copyright infringement while Copilot's traffic remains lower than competitors like ChatGPT