Daisy Veerasingham, president and CEO of The Associated Press (AP), has reiterated three principles for news organizations in the generative-AI era: protecting intellectual property (IP), securing fair value for that IP, and setting clear guardrails.
Cannes · Associated Press
AP Draws Three Red Lines for the AI Era
CEO Daisy Veerasingham sharpens the AP's stance on generative AI: protect intellectual property, secure fair value for it, and set clear guard rails — extending a licensing strategy underway since 2023.
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Guiding principles: protect IP, fair value, guard rails
1985
Earliest archive text licensed to OpenAI
120+
U.S. journalists hit by 2025–26 buyouts
The licensing trail since 2023
Jul 2023
OpenAI
Text archive including parts dating to 1985 · technical collaboration
Jan 2025
Google
Real-time AP news feed delivered through Gemini
Ongoing
Microsoft / Snowflake
Content marketplace and enterprise RAG-ready data
From two principles to three
"Failing to protect our journalists' work amounts to failing to value it."
Sep 2025 — two principles
Embed fact-based journalism into AI training · build a licensing framework
Cannes — three principles
Protect IP → secure fair value → set clear guard rails
Working in its favor
Rights-cleared structured data fuels enterprise RAG tools
Adoption growing among financial clients via Snowflake
Non-exclusive deals allow parallel licensing to many AI firms
The tensions
120+ buyouts signal a shift from newsroom to AI and data products
Bilateral big-player deals may sideline smaller publishers
Copyright litigation and fair-use debate remain unresolved
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