Anthropic pays a publisher for the first time, licensing AP election data for Claude

Anthropic signed its first content licensing deal with the Associated Press just before the U.S. midterm elections, according to ADWEEK, giving Claude attributed, up-to-date election information that users saw labeled "provided by and attributed to the Associated Press" on Election Night. The deal came days after Anthropic filed its public S-1 on October 26th, and ADWEEK reports it makes Anthropic the last major AI lab to pay a publisher after OpenAI and Google reached similar agreements. The precedent matters because publishers have spent two years blocking AI crawlers to force licensing talks, and current-data holders such as sports and markets outlets can now cite it.

Anthropic pays a publisher for the first time, licensing AP election data for Claude ADWEEK reports Claude carried attributed AP election data on Election Night, days after Anthropic filed its public S-1 on October 26th. By Ryan Merket https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket · Published Primary source: www.adweek.com https://www.adweek.com/media/anthropic-licensing-deal-ap-election/?itm source=homepage&itm medium=smart-paragraph-right&itm campaign=1 Why it matters Publishers have spent two years blocking AI crawlers to force licensing talks. Anthropic held out longer than OpenAI, Google and its other rivals, then paid when Election Night exposed the cost of relying on whatever the open web left available. If one deadline moved Anthropic, sports, markets and breaking news can move it again, and every publisher holding current data now has a reported precedent to cite. Anthropic struck its first content licensing deal with the Associated Press just before the U.S. midterm elections, according to ADWEEK https://www.adweek.com/media/anthropic-licensing-deal-ap-election/?itm source=homepage&itm medium=smart-paragraph-right&itm campaign=1 , giving Claude attributed, up-to-date election information on Election Night. The report says users asking Claude for polling updates saw information "provided by and attributed to the Associated Press" after the agreement took effect.… When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards . This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.