The Washington Post has struck a deal with OpenAI that will allow the artificial intelligence provider to use the outlet’s journalism as part of its search function.
As part of the deal, OpenAI’s ChatGPT will display summaries, quotes and links to original reporting from the Post in response to relevant questions and prompts, the company said.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“Ensuring ChatGPT users have our impactful reporting at their fingertips builds on our commitment to provide access where, how and when our audiences want it,” Peter Elkins-Williams, Head of Global Partnerships at the Post, said in a statement.
The Post is among the largest of the more than a dozen news organizations OpenAI has partnered with in recent months as it looks to improve and expand its software, particularly for ChatGPT.
The Post’s move to get into business with OpenAI stands in contrast to The New York Times, its primary competitor, which sued the tech platform in 2023 over what the Times has argued in legal filings is the illegal use of its content by the company.
Under billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, the Post has undergone a massive overhaul of its business and raised eyebrows with its retooled editorial strategy as President Trump enters a second term.