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Anthropic has signed its first news content licensing agreement with the Associated Press (AP), allowing Claude to display AP's real-time election results with source attribution on election night; the financial terms and the duration of the agreement were not disclosed. Previously, Anthropic had consistently declined such partnerships on fair use grounds, while OpenAI has already signed more than ten similar agreements, including with Axel Springer, News Corp., and The Atlantic. The report also noted that publishers had previously sought to block Anthropic's crawlers to push it toward negotiations, and that Anthropic is also approaching an IPO.
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Anthropic Reaches First News Content Licensing Agreement with AP, Claude to Display Election Results in Real Time
Anthropic has reached its first content licensing agreement with the Associated Press (AP), under which the Claude chatbot can display AP election results data in real time and cite the source on the night of the U.S. midterm elections. The two parties did not disclose the financial terms or the duration of the agreement. Previously, Anthropic had consistently declined such partnerships, arguing that crawling news content falls under the fair use principle, while OpenAI has already reached similar agreements with more than a dozen media organizations.
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Anthropic Reaches First News Content Licensing Agreement with Associated Press
On the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, Anthropic reached its first content licensing agreement with the Associated Press. Claude can display AP election results data in real time on election night with source attribution; financial terms and duration were not disclosed. Previously, Anthropic had consistently refused such partnerships, arguing that crawler scraping complies with the fair use doctrine, while OpenAI has signed deals with more than ten media outlets including Axel Springer, News Corp., and The Atlantic. Some publishers had blocked Anthropic's crawlers, which limited Claude's answers on time-sensitive questions.
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Anthropic Signs First News Content Licensing Agreement with the Associated Press
Anthropic has signed its first news content licensing agreement with the Associated Press (AP), allowing Claude to display AP real-time election results with source attribution on election night; financial terms and the agreement's duration were not disclosed. Previously, Anthropic had consistently refused such partnerships on fair use grounds, while OpenAI has signed more than ten similar agreements, including with Axel Springer, News Corp., and The Atlantic. The report also notes that publishers had previously sought to block Anthropic's crawlers to push it toward negotiations, and that Anthropic is also approaching an IPO.
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