Microsoft Developing Publisher Content Marketplace for AI Licensing
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Emma Roth
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Summary
Microsoft is developing the Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), an AI licensing hub that allows AI companies to browse and purchase licensing terms for using publisher content to train their AI models. The platform provides usage-based reporting to help publishers set prices and has been co-designed with major publishers including Vox Media, The Associated Press, Condé Nast, and People. This addresses the AI industry's reliance on content used without payment by creating a structured marketplace for legal content licensing.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledMicrosoft says it is working on the Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), an AI licensing hub that shows usage terms set by publishers.
AI companies can easily shop the terms and set up deals to use online content for 'grounding' their AI models, while the content owners get usage-based reporting to help set prices.
Microsoft says it's been codesigning PCM with companies including Verge parent Vox Media, The Associated Press, Condé Nast, People, and others.
The AI boom has been largely fueled by content ingested without payment, and many of the previously mentioned publishers have file
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