Amazon Signs Deal with The New York Times for AI and Alexa Content

Amazon has finalized a substantial content licensing agreement with The New York Times (NYT), granting the tech giant access to the publisher’s extensive editorial resources for AI training and enhancing its Alexa voice assistant. The multi-year deal, with undisclosed financial terms, represents a significant collaboration between major technology firms and legacy media in the evolving artificial intelligence landscape.

Through this partnership, Amazon will obtain content from The New York Times and its affiliated platforms, including NYT Cooking and The Athletic. This material will contribute to the development of Amazon’s proprietary foundation models, allowing Alexa to deliver real-time summaries and brief excerpts from NYT stories.

According to The New York Times, the agreement expands the existing relationship between the companies and aims to provide additional value to Amazon users while bringing NYT journalism to a wider audience. The deal comes as Amazon intensifies its efforts to strengthen AI capabilities, reflecting a broader industry trend of technology firms partnering with publishers. Meanwhile, The New York Times is pursuing legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement for using its articles to train AI models.