Meta announced that its AI chatbot will now draw information from a range of news partners, including CNN, Fox News, USA Today and People Inc., as part of new licensing deals. The move comes amid a wave of lawsuits by publishers accusing AI firms of using their content without permission, highlighted by a recent New York Times suit against Perplexity. Meta says the agreements will broaden the viewpoints and content types available through its AI, and it has also partnered with The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner and France's Le Monde. The shift follows Meta’s earlier decisions to pull back on news licensing in Canada and to discontinue its Facebook News tab. Read more →

Meta announced commercial data agreements with a slate of news publishers to feed real‑time global, entertainment and breaking‑news content into its Meta AI chatbot. When users ask news‑related questions, the bot will surface information and links drawn from partners such as CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, People Inc., The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner and USA Today. The move restores compensation to publishers and aims to make Meta AI more responsive, accurate and balanced, while expanding the chatbot’s reach across Meta’s apps and the standalone Meta AI app. Read more →

People Inc., a major U.S. media publisher, announced a new AI licensing agreement with Microsoft, becoming a launch partner in the tech giant’s publisher content marketplace. The deal follows People Inc.'s earlier partnership with OpenAI and comes as the company reports a sharp drop in traffic from Google Search, falling from 54% to 24% of its overall visits. CEO Neil Vogel highlighted the importance of being compensated for content used by AI systems and praised Microsoft’s commitment to pay for such use. The publisher also noted that blocking AI crawlers with Cloudflare technology has driven more AI firms to the negotiating table, while digital revenue rose 9% to $269 million in the latest quarter. Read more →