Thomson Reuters president and CEO Steve Hasker explained its artificial intelligence deal strategy, saying they’re only for archived content, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette.
Tobitt writes, “By March 2024 Reuters had signed ‘a number’ of undisclosed deals with AI companies, meaning it is unclear whether it has any agreements with the likes of OpenAI and Perplexity. But Hasker spoke about ‘not getting a penny’ for Reuters news content appearing in major chatbots.
“There appears to be a distinction between selling access to the Reuters text archive and allowing Reuters news to be surfaced and signposted to in AI news searches. Press Gazette has asked Reuters for clarification on this point.
“A spokesperson said: ‘We do not comment on commercial agreements.’
“Reuters became a publisher partner for Microsoft’s Copilot in October 2024, meaning the product can pull from its content (alongside other opted-in publishers) to give a daily AI-voiced news summary.”
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