Amazon paying NYT up to $25mn a year in AI deal – WSJ

The landmark licensing agreement came amid legal battles over content use

US tech giant Amazon is paying the New York Times between $20 to $25 million a year to use the paper’s content to train its AI models, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The multi-year agreement, signed in May, gives Amazon access to the American newspaper’s core news coverage, as well as its cooking and sports platforms.