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OpenAI signs multi-year agreement with Getty Images for licensed visual content in ChatGPT
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The deal covers display and attribution of Getty's image library in ChatGPT's visual responses, but explicitly excludes AI training rights.
Key facts
- Getty Images secured a multi-year display partnership with OpenAI that will pipe the company’s licensed visual content directly into ChatGPT’s search and discovery features
- The deal covers display and attribution of Getty's image library in ChatGPT's visual responses, but explicitly excludes AI training rights
- Getty has spent years fighting unauthorized use of its images, including legal battles over AI companies scraping its content to train models
- Getty Images has been one of the most aggressive defenders of photographer and creator rights in the AI era, pursuing legal action against companies that used its content without permission to train
Summary
Getty Images secured a multi-year display partnership with OpenAI that will pipe the company’s licensed visual content directly into ChatGPT’s search and discovery features. Here’s the thing that makes this deal interesting: it’s specifically about display and attribution, not about feeding images into OpenAI’s training pipeline. The partnership integrates Getty’s extensive library of licensed visual content into ChatGPT’s visual response capabilities. Getty has spent years fighting unauthorized use of its images, including legal battles over AI companies scraping its content to train models.