The world of Apple's technology is about to get wider, and this is because the company is now seeking news publishing companies to partner with them and grant them $50 million worth of licensed articles for its first AI training needs. This is one of the first information regarding Apple's foray into generative AI, with the deal for news publishers offering a massive sum for its needs.
In this way, Apple is looking to avoid massive lawsuits from news agencies and reporters who have their pieces taken from the internet without consent or license, to build its version of AI.
Apple AI Training Wants $50M Worth of Licensed News
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The New York Times reported that Apple has begun offering a substantial $50 million payment to renowned news and publishing organizations, centering on its goal to train artificial intelligence. This latest information only shows that Apple wants to go the right way in its foray into training its AI models, with people familiar with the talks confirming the story.
With this, the company has offered the massive sum to several news companies already, looking to secure a deal to license news archives from various organizations including Vogue and The New Yorker's publisher Condé Nast, NBC News, The Daily Beast, Better Homes and Gardens, and People's IAC.
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Is Apple Creating Its Version of Generative AI?
9to5 Mac reported that it remains unclear if Apple was successful in its negotiations and offers to the companies mentioned above, but it only points to their plans in developing its version of generative AI. There were talks regarding an "Apple GPT" already in development, with a new generative AI model allegedly coming by next year.
Massive Licensing Problem in AI Training
Since the dawn of generative AI last year, there have been massive lawsuits and claims from authors and artists regarding unlicensed access to their works used to train the technology, with specific companies not asking for permission. Most recently, OpenAI and Microsoft were sued by authors, particularly as it trained its AI models from data scraped from the internet without permission.
However, this issue is not isolated to this case only, as other AI companies have also faced massive class-action lawsuits their way for alleged "illegal" access to user data without consent.
It does not lie in news articles, write-ups, or novels from the internet, as it was seen earlier this year that AI image generators like Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and DreamUp faced copyright complaints regarding artworks.
The AI industry has already seen massive claims from artists who had their work stolen by AI, with companies doing it without their permission, but some promise to be ethical and mindful of its use like Adobe and its Firefly.
While Apple may not yet be the biggest name in generative AI and everything around it, the company's initial plans to create one involve securing a license from news agencies, offering $50 million to those who will provide them with the data needed for this future venture.
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