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Publisher coalition on AI use grows to 80 members
Livemint··1h ago
The New York Times, Agence France-Presse and The Economist joined the SPUR publisher coalition Monday to curb unpaid AI use of news. SPUR, launched in February, now has over 80 members across 20 countries. Founders include the Financial Times, BBC and Associated Press. Chartbeat data showed Google referrals to 2,500 sites fell 33 percent year on year.
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What It Means For You
- Publishers in SPUR gain shared technical tools to record how AI systems use their articles.
- Licensing frameworks from the group could set terms for any outlet that joins later.
- Declining search referrals affect ad and subscription revenue tied to site visits.
What's Happening
- USA Today and newspapers it owns sued OpenAI this month alleging copyright infringement.
- OpenAI and Microsoft face similar claims from authors and news organizations including the New York Times.
- SPUR introduced a Content Telemetry Standard to standardize how AI agents report media use.
SPUR Coalition Origins
- SPUR is funded entirely by its members according to its website.
- The Atlantic and Brazil's National Association of Newspapers also joined recently.
- Rebecca Grossman-Cohen of the New York Times said intellectual property protection and technological advancement must co-exist.
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