OpenAI and image licensing giant Getty have reached a multi-year partnership to provide licensed images to ChatGPT

Odaily reported that OpenAI has announced a multi-year image licensing agreement with Getty Images, integrating its licensed visual content into ChatGPT's search and discovery features. Getty Images previously sued AI companies over copyright issues related to AI training data, though the progress of related lawsuits has not fully met expectations. As AI-generated content capabilities improve, the core value of media and copyright agencies is shifting from individual works themselves to "compliant licensed content libraries" and the distribution channels through which content enters AI products. Copyright disputes will persist, but commercial partnership models are becoming an important direction for the integration of the AI industry and content sector. (Forbes)