Recently, Meta Platforms Inc. and global renowned news agency Reuters have reached a new licensing agreement. This agreement will enable Meta to access Reuters' content for use by its AI chatbots. According to Axios, both parties have confirmed this news, but the specific terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
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Under this agreement, Meta will integrate Reuters' news content into its Meta AI chatbots. This means that when users ask questions about news and current affairs through the chatbot, it will be able to retrieve information from the authorized Reuters articles and provide corresponding answers. Each generated response will include a link, allowing users to directly view the corresponding Reuters report. This new feature is rolling out in the United States today, and users will soon be able to experience it.
Although the specific amount of the agreement has not been disclosed, this collaboration will last for several years. This has also sparked speculation about whether Meta will use this content to train its Llama series of open-source large language models. The Llama3.1405B model outperforms OpenAI's GPT-4o in certain tasks, with Meta stating that this is partly due to the richness of its training data.
In the past year, more and more AI companies have started to reach content licensing agreements with news publishers. Collaborations like OpenAI with the Financial Times allow articles to be used for AI model training. For large language models, the quantity and quality of training data directly affect the accuracy of their responses. Therefore, Meta may also seek more content licensing to ensure the competitiveness of its Llama models.
Meta AI chatbots are not only available on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, but last year also collaborated with Luxottica, the parent company of Ray-Ban, to launch smart glasses, further expanding their usage scenarios. Since its launch, Meta AI has been continuously adding new features, such as shopping advice and math problem solving. Recently, Meta has also added image generation capabilities to the chatbot, as well as the option to convert generated images into GIFs.
As Meta AI continues to improve, it may sign licensing agreements with more publishers in the future to expand the range of content the chatbot can provide. At the same time, Meta may also consider other data sources, similar to Google's earlier agreements with Reddit and Stack Overflow.
Key Points:
📄 Meta has signed a long-term AI content licensing agreement with Reuters, providing news content support for its chatbots.
🤖 Users can access real-time news information from Reuters through Meta AI, with answers including article links.
🔍 Meta AI chatbot features are constantly updated, and may collaborate with more publishers in the future to expand content range.