Meta Rekindles Publisher Partnerships As AI Race Intensifies Against OpenAI, Perplexity, Gemini: Report

Meta Platforms (META) is reportedly re-engaging with news publishers, marking a shift from its 2022 decision not to renew its content partnerships.

According to a report by Axios, Meta has struck several commercial AI data agreements with publishers, including USA Today, People Inc., Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, and Le Monde. 

The new deals reflect Meta’s effort to secure training data and licensed content for its AI systems at a time when the industry is moving toward formal agreements rather than relying on unlicensed scraping to better compete against the likes of Perplexity, Google’s Gemini 3, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

While financial terms were not reported, Axios described the partnerships as commercial data deals aimed at feeding Meta’s AI products. Meta’s stock edged 0.5% higher in pre-market trade with retail sentiment around the company trending in ‘bearish’ territory even as chatter rose to ‘high’ from ‘low’ levels over the past day. 

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