Meta Platforms Inc. has inked a licensing deal with Reuters that will give it access to the news agency’s content. Axios revealed the agreement this morning. Meta and Reuters subsequently confirmed the news without disclosing the deal’s terms.

Meta Platforms said on Friday its artificial intelligence chatbot will use Reuters content to answer user questions in real time about news and current events, the latest AI tie-up between a big technology company and a news publisher.

Most AI chatbots on the market today lack the ability to respond to queries about current affairs, but Meta aims to solve that problem through a new partnership with Reuters. According to Axios, citing sources close to the matter,

Another day, another publication contributes to the rise of AI. First, the likes of Time and Dotdash Meredith partnered with OpenAI to license their property, now Reuters is giving Meta's AI chatbot access to its news content for responses to current events and news questions,

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The agreement will bring news-related answers to Meta’s AI chatbot, with citations linking to Reuters content.

Meta has struck a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries about news and current events in its Meta AI chatbot, sources familiar with the agreement told Axios.