The New York Times Co. has agreed to license its editorial content to Amazon for use in the tech giant’s artificial intelligence platforms, the company said Thursday.

This is the first instance of the Times agreeing to a licensing arrangement with a focus on generative AI technology.

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and its partner, Microsoft, for copyright infringement, accusing the tech companies of using millions of articles published by the Times to train automated chatbots without any kind of compensation. OpenAI and Microsoft have rejected those accusations.

Financial terms of the licensing deal with Amazon were not disclosed.

Material from the Times will be used to train Amazon’s proprietary AI models, the company said. — The New York Times