News Corp Should Be Paid for Content Used to Train AI, Says CEO

A visitor watches an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign on an animated screen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images

Media giant News Corporation should be compensated by artificial intelligence engines for using its content, says company CEO Robert Thomson.

In an investor call on May 12, Thomson said AI would have a profound effect on the media business.