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Yep, the Times gets a big payday, and Amazon gets access to the sports, cooking, and original reporting of the New York Times. Jack, you remember the movie She's All That? Classic. Freddie Prinze Jr.? Legendary. The jock and the nerd go to prom together? Well, that's basically what just happened on Wall Street. Now, step back for a second.

Yep, the Times gets a big payday, and Amazon gets access to the sports, cooking, and original reporting of the New York Times. Jack, you remember the movie She's All That? Classic. Freddie Prinze Jr.? Legendary. The jock and the nerd go to prom together? Well, that's basically what just happened on Wall Street. Now, step back for a second.

Yep, the Times gets a big payday, and Amazon gets access to the sports, cooking, and original reporting of the New York Times. Jack, you remember the movie She's All That? Classic. Freddie Prinze Jr.? Legendary. The jock and the nerd go to prom together? Well, that's basically what just happened on Wall Street. Now, step back for a second.

AI and media, those two industries are like boys and girls at a middle school dance. Everyone's on the sidelines, but a few have started to go into the middle and find a dance partner. Cue the Barry Whitejack. It looks like the Wall Street Journal partnered with OpenAI, Reuters partnered with Meta, and the New York Times has now partnered with Amazon.

AI and media, those two industries are like boys and girls at a middle school dance. Everyone's on the sidelines, but a few have started to go into the middle and find a dance partner. Cue the Barry Whitejack. It looks like the Wall Street Journal partnered with OpenAI, Reuters partnered with Meta, and the New York Times has now partnered with Amazon.

AI and media, those two industries are like boys and girls at a middle school dance. Everyone's on the sidelines, but a few have started to go into the middle and find a dance partner. Cue the Barry Whitejack. It looks like the Wall Street Journal partnered with OpenAI, Reuters partnered with Meta, and the New York Times has now partnered with Amazon.

For Amazon, the key reason they want the New York Times is to feed Alexa content. Specifically... Alexa Plus. Because Alexa Plus is Amazon's way delayed attempt at turning Alexa into an AI conversation partner. Because remember, 10 years ago, Alexa became the leader in voice assistants, but in the 10 years since, it's become the lagger in AI chatbots.

For Amazon, the key reason they want the New York Times is to feed Alexa content. Specifically... Alexa Plus. Because Alexa Plus is Amazon's way delayed attempt at turning Alexa into an AI conversation partner. Because remember, 10 years ago, Alexa became the leader in voice assistants, but in the 10 years since, it's become the lagger in AI chatbots.

For Amazon, the key reason they want the New York Times is to feed Alexa content. Specifically... Alexa Plus. Because Alexa Plus is Amazon's way delayed attempt at turning Alexa into an AI conversation partner. Because remember, 10 years ago, Alexa became the leader in voice assistants, but in the 10 years since, it's become the lagger in AI chatbots.

However, with this New York Times hookup, Alexa could actually become your number one source of information. You could discuss the front page of the with your voice box assistant. Like, hey, Alexa, it's Valentine's Day. I need to cook a romantic dinner. Can you walk me through a fun idea? What do you got? It's going to find the perfect solution in the New York Times cooking section.

However, with this New York Times hookup, Alexa could actually become your number one source of information. You could discuss the front page of the with your voice box assistant. Like, hey, Alexa, it's Valentine's Day. I need to cook a romantic dinner. Can you walk me through a fun idea? What do you got? It's going to find the perfect solution in the New York Times cooking section.

However, with this New York Times hookup, Alexa could actually become your number one source of information. You could discuss the front page of the with your voice box assistant. Like, hey, Alexa, it's Valentine's Day. I need to cook a romantic dinner. Can you walk me through a fun idea? What do you got? It's going to find the perfect solution in the New York Times cooking section.

Or, hey, Alexa, why are the Giants so bad this season? What's going on? It'll read reporting from The Athletic, the New York Times' new sports section. Or, hey, Alexa, what's the takeaway from the T-Boy podcast on this story? And Alexa Plus is going to know. Not because of this New York Times deal, but just because she listens to the pod. Yeah, yeah, she does. She does.

Or, hey, Alexa, why are the Giants so bad this season? What's going on? It'll read reporting from The Athletic, the New York Times' new sports section. Or, hey, Alexa, what's the takeaway from the T-Boy podcast on this story? And Alexa Plus is going to know. Not because of this New York Times deal, but just because she listens to the pod. Yeah, yeah, she does. She does.

Or, hey, Alexa, why are the Giants so bad this season? What's going on? It'll read reporting from The Athletic, the New York Times' new sports section. Or, hey, Alexa, what's the takeaway from the T-Boy podcast on this story? And Alexa Plus is going to know. Not because of this New York Times deal, but just because she listens to the pod. Yeah, yeah, she does. She does.

Now, Jack, I don't want to take your job. So, Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at the New York Times and Amazon? Alexa Plus is positioning itself as the first premium AI chatbot. Yeti is one problem no one talks about in AI. AI is basically a commodity product. JetGPT, Claude, Meta's Llama, they're all pretty similar because they all read the same internet.

Now, Jack, I don't want to take your job. So, Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at the New York Times and Amazon? Alexa Plus is positioning itself as the first premium AI chatbot. Yeti is one problem no one talks about in AI. AI is basically a commodity product. JetGPT, Claude, Meta's Llama, they're all pretty similar because they all read the same internet.

Now, Jack, I don't want to take your job. So, Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at the New York Times and Amazon? Alexa Plus is positioning itself as the first premium AI chatbot. Yeti is one problem no one talks about in AI. AI is basically a commodity product. JetGPT, Claude, Meta's Llama, they're all pretty similar because they all read the same internet.

Yeah, Grok has an edgy style and an edgy voice, but frankly, they're all delivering pretty much the same information to you. But by partnering with The Times... Amazon is making a different move. That's right. Amazon is signaling that Alexa Plus is more premium, a more sophisticated product, because it's the only AI chatbot that is trained on the premium content of New York Times reporting.

Yeah, Grok has an edgy style and an edgy voice, but frankly, they're all delivering pretty much the same information to you. But by partnering with The Times... Amazon is making a different move. That's right. Amazon is signaling that Alexa Plus is more premium, a more sophisticated product, because it's the only AI chatbot that is trained on the premium content of New York Times reporting.