Amazon has informed publishing industry executives that it is preparing to roll out a marketplace where publishers could offer their content to companies building artificial intelligence products, according to people who have discussed the plan with the company. The proposal appears in materials distributed by Amazon Web Services (AWS) ahead of an AWS conference, where slides mention a "content marketplace," the people said.
The circulated slides reportedly categorize the proposed marketplace together with AWS's principal AI offerings, explicitly naming Bedrock and Quick Suite when listing tools publishers might integrate into their operations. Two individuals who spoke with Amazon about the initiative provided the information cited in those materials.
The announcement comes against a backdrop of active talks between publishers and AI firms about the rules governing the use of online content for model training and generating responses for users. Publishers have pushed for licensing arrangements that would tie fees to the extent content is used - seeking usage-based payments that increase with the level of consumption of their material.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
Separately, Microsoft recently said it is developing a Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), described as an AI licensing hub that would display usage terms set by publishers. The two efforts highlight industry efforts to create marketplaces and frameworks for publishers to monetize content deployed in AI applications.
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The information available about Amazon's marketplace is limited to the slides that were circulated and the accounts of the two people who engaged with Amazon on the project. Details such as timing, commercial terms, and publishing partners have not been disclosed in the material referenced.
Clear summary: AWS-distributed slides indicate Amazon plans a content marketplace to let publishers sell material to AI companies; the slides place that marketplace alongside Bedrock and Quick Suite. The initiative appears amid ongoing negotiations over how publishers are compensated for use of online content in AI systems.