Apple negotiating pay-per-use news licenses to feed upgraded Siri AI, WSJ reports

Apple is discussing pay-per-use licensing arrangements with publishers to supply current news and information to an upgraded version of Siri, according to The Wall Street Journal. The proposed model would compensate media companies when their content is used rather than via fixed fees, a shift from standard industry practice, and could total in the nine figures. The talks come as Apple moves to overhaul its voice assistant with more advanced AI capabilities, with a rollout expected later this year. The effort underscores intensifying competition among tech firms to secure high-quality, up-to-date content for AI products amid rising publisher demands for compensation. Apple declined to comment.

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