Meta in the news
Starting Oct. 25, the feature will be available to United States-based users through Meta’s AI assistant across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger.
With the integration, Meta’s AI can now link directly to Reuters news articles when responding to related questions. Details of the deal, including any licensing for training Meta’s large language model (LLM), known as Llama, have not been disclosed.
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Meta strikes its first AI news deal with Reuters: Report

A Meta spokesperson said:
“While most people use Meta AI for creative tasks, deep dives on new topics or how-to assistance, this partnership will help ensure a more useful experience for those seeking information on current events.”

This collaboration marks Meta’s first major news agreement in the AI era, highlighting the company’s attempt to keep up with broader trends in the AI development space.
Meta’s shift toward integrating news with its AI chatbot diverges from its efforts to minimize news and political content across its main platforms.
Following controversies in recent years, including Meta’s discontinuation of its “News Tab” and reduced emphasis on political news post-2020, the tech giant had largely distanced itself from news-focused features.
However, the new AI deal hints at a potential return to news in a more controlled capacity, targeting users who seek news actively rather than passively receiving it in their feeds.

AI-generated news
Meta’s partnership with Reuters is part of a growing trend in which AI companies collaborate with established news outlets to boost credibility and mitigate legal concerns.

OpenAI, the creator behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot and the LLM GPT-4, has inked multiple licensing agreements to include reliable news in its models, addressing both user demand for accurate information and publisher concerns over content use.
These agreements mark a response to a shifting landscape where lawsuits, such as one involving Time and The Associated Press against OpenAI, challenge the AI industry’s use of copyrighted content.

OpenAI has also partnered with the Financial Times along with international outlets to bring news to users in various languages, including French publisher Le Monde, Spanish Prisa Media and German media giant Axel Springer.. .

Meta Strikes AI Deal With Reuters

Sean Burch

Fri, October 25, 2024 at 7:49 AM MST

Yahoo

22 hours ago

Meta Strikes AI Deal With Reuters

". . .TheWrap on Friday asked Meta’s AI chatbot on Instagram if the company had a new deal with Reuters, and the chatbot said it did.
“Reuters has indeed partnered with Meta in a multi-year deal to bring its news content to Meta’s AI chatbot,” the bot responded.
It added the “partnership is a significant move for Meta, marking its first major AI news deal, and will enable users to access trustworthy information directly within the chatbot.”

A Meta spokesperson confirmed the Reuters partnership to TheWrap shortly afterwards.

Sara Fischer

Oct 25, 2024

Business

Scoop: Meta strikes multi-year AI deal with Reuters

Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios

Meta has struck a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries about news and current events in its Meta AI chatbot, sources familiar with the agreement told Axios.

Why it matters: It's the first news deal Meta has brokered in the AI era. . ."

Meta Platforms to use Reuters news content in AI chatbot

Published On: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:47:55 PKT

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(Reuters) - Meta Platforms said on Friday its artificial intelligence chatbot will use Reuters content to answer user questions in real time about news and current events, the latest AI tie-up between a big technology company and a news publisher.

Neither Meta nor Reuters-parent Thomson Reuters disclosed the financial details of the partnership.
The arrangement would be its first news deal in years.
It comes at a time when the Facebook parent has been reducing news content on its services after criticism from regulators and publishers over misinformation and disagreement about revenue-sharing.

Meta AI, the company's chatbot, is available across its services including Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. The social media giant did not disclose whether it plans to use Reuters content to train its large-language model.
"We can confirm that Reuters has partnered with tech providers to license our trusted, fact-based news content to power their AI platforms. The terms of these deals remain confidential," a spokesperson for Reuters, said in a statement.

Reuters will be compensated for access to its journalism under a multi-year deal, according to a report on Friday from Axios, which first published the news.

Through its partnership with Reuters, "Meta AI can respond to news-related questions with summaries and links to Reuters content," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement sent by email.
Other companies including ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Jeff Bezos-backed startup Perplexity have struck similar AI partnerships with news organizations.