The Washington Post just inked a strategic deal with OpenAI to bring its reporting directly into ChatGPT search. Users querying current affairs, politics, and tech will now see Post summaries, quotes, and direct article links. With over 500 million weekly active users, OpenAI is aggressively locking down vetted journalism to keep its AI grounded.
Hundreds of major news publishers just launched a coordinated ad campaign pressuring the US government to stop tech giants from scraping copyrighted content without compensation. Led by the News/Media Alliance, the push urges lawmakers to mandate fair pay and attribution, firing back at lobbying from OpenAI and Google.
The Washington Post just launched Ask The Post AI, an experimental chatbot that answers user questions based strictly on its reporting since 2016—no paywall required. It limits training to its own archive to curb hallucinations and provides article citations. The catch: non-subscribers still can't click through to read the full source stories.
