New York Times publisher calls AI scraping “brazen theft”

A.G. Sulzberger told global media executives that AI companies captured the value of journalism while less than 0.5% of the $350 billion invested in U.S. AI reached content producers.

What changed

The article frames the move as a structural shift: model capability, distribution and data control are now being negotiated separately.

What to watch

The next question is whether the deal changes customer behavior or mainly resets bargaining power among platforms, model labs and regulators.

Sources:Press Gazette and Variety reports on A.G. Sulzberger’s WAN-IFRA remarks;CocoLoop