Almost two years after he sued Openai and Microsoft for copyright infringement, the New York Times agreed to license its editorial content to Amazon to train the AI ​​platforms of the technical giant.

The agreement will bring ‘editorial content for a variety of Amazon customer experiences’, the said in a statement. It contains content such as news articles, NYT-cooking material, a website dedicated to food and recipes, and the athletics, its sports-focused website.

The company also noted that Amazon’s use of The Times’ editorial content to Alexa could extend to its smart speakers.

The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but these are the first of such similarities for Amazon. Openai has signed several similar offers with publishers, including the Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Newscorp, Axel Springer and more.

It is also the first time The Times has agreed to a generative AI-focused licensing arrangement, and this comes after the Outlet accused Openai and Microsoft of millions of articles published by The Times trained their AI models without permission or compensation. Both Openai and Microsoft rejected the allegations of violation.

TechCrunch has issued the New York Times for more information.