[UPDATE] Adweek: Anthropic licensed AP election data for Claude, its first news-publisher deal
24/7 Wall St., citing Adweek's Nov 4 report based on two unnamed people, says Anthropic paid the AP for election-night polling data that Claude surfaced with AP attribution. It would be Anthropic's first content-licensing deal with a news publisher. Neither company has confirmed it, and terms were not disclosed. The same piece notes News Corp's CEO saying he hopes other platforms 'will choose compensation over confiscation'. The open question is whether AI answer engines start paying publishers for content on a recurring basis.