The New York Times Co. has agreed to license its editorial content to Amazon for use in the tech giant’s artificial intelligence platforms, the company said Thursday.

The multiyear agreement “will bring Times editorial content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences,” the news organization said in a statement. Besides news articles, the agreement encompasses material from NYT Cooking, the Times’ food and recipe site, and The Athletic, which focuses on sports.

This is the Times’ first licensing arrangement with a focus on generative AI technology.

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and its partner, Microsoft, for copyright infringement, accusing the tech companies of using millions of articles published by the Times to train automated chatbots without any kind of compensation. OpenAI and

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