The Washington Post and OpenAI Announce Strategic Partnership

The Washington Post and OpenAI announced this Tuesday a strategic partnership to feature the newspaper’s content on the startup’s chatbot. Now, ChatGPT users will see more links, quotes, and summaries from The Post.

According to the announcement shared by The Washington Post, the new partnership goes in line with both companies’ commitment to share reliable information across multiple topics covered by the journal.

“ChatGPT will highlight The Post’s journalism across politics, global affairs, business, technology, and more, always with clear attribution and direct links to full articles so people can explore topics in greater depth and context,” states the document.

Both companies expect to share more reliable and engaging content for users, allowing them to explore further and interact with the technology and the content of their interest, including “fast-moving” and complex topics.

“More than 500 million people use ChatGPT each week to get answers to all kinds of questions,” said Varun Shetty, Head of Media Partnerships at OpenAI. “By investing in high-quality journalism by partners like The Washington Post, we’re helping ensure our users get timely, trustworthy information when they need it.”

The Washington Post added that it is committed to expanding critical journalism and well-reported news through modern AI tools, highlighting its own technologies such as Climate Answers and Ask The Post AI. “The Post continues to be LLM-agnostic as it embraces and builds its own range of AI-powered solutions for both its business and its users,” states the document.

The Washington Post joins a list of newspapers collaborating with OpenAI. According to The Verge, OpenAI has now partnered with more than 20 news publishers.

In 2024, the startup signed a deal with Time, gaining access to over 101 years of documents to enhance the chatbot’s responses. It also partnered with News Corp—a mass media corporation that includes publications such as The Daily Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Post—as well as with Condé Nast, whose portfolio includes Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Wired.