Amazon strikes content deal with New York Times to train AI models

The e-commerce giant will integrate NYT content into AI products | Amazon customers able to access content through direct product links | Moves comes as NYT still locked in dispute with OpenAI and Microsoft over alleged unauthorised content use.

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