**OpenAI and Hearst Join Forces to Transform Magazine Content**

OpenAI has unveiled a new partnership with Hearst, the well-known media giant that owns outlets such as the Houston Chronicle, the San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and numerous others. This collaboration enables OpenAI's products, including ChatGPT and SearchGPT, to provide content from over 20 magazine brands and more than 40 newspapers.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Hearst Magazines President Debi Chirichella expressed her enthusiasm about the partnership, stating, "Our partnership with OpenAI will help us evolve the future of magazine content." According to the announcement, Hearst content incorporated within ChatGPT will feature proper citations and hyperlinks directing users to the original sources on the Hearst platforms. It's important to note that Hearst's non-magazine and non-newspaper businesses will not be included in this agreement.

This partnership is part of a growing trend where media outlets pair up with AI startups to boost their content distribution. In August, OpenAI established a similar partnership with Condé Nast, which is behind Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Vanity Fair, and Wired.

Additionally, Perplexity AI rolled out a revenue-sharing model for publishers in July, following plagiarism claims. Notable participants in Perplexity AI's "Publishers Program" include Fortune, Time, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, Der Spiegel, and WordPress.com. This July initiative followed a series of plagiarism accusations directed at AI content platforms.

Further solidifying its place in media partnerships, OpenAI and Time magazine announced a multi-year content deal in June. This agreement allows OpenAI to access over 100 years of Time's archival and current articles, integrating them into its ChatGPT chatbot to enrich user interactions and possibly train its AI models.

In May, OpenAI also formed a partnership with News Corp., providing access to a diverse array of articles from The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Barron's, the New York Post, among others. During the same month, Reddit entered a deal with OpenAI to use its social media content for training AI models.

As AI-generated content becomes ubiquitous, several media outlets are taking defensive measures to protect their intellectual property. The Center for Investigative Reporting led a lawsuit against OpenAI and its major backer, Microsoft, in June, followed by similar lawsuits from The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Daily News. The New York Times accused Microsoft and OpenAI of intellectual property violations, seeking reparations for what it termed "unlawful copying and use" of its valuable journalistic content.

OpenAI, however, disputes these accusations, maintaining a different perspective on the nature of the events.