US stocks remained near record highs amid a holiday rally, with Nvidia gaining on a positive AI licensing deal, while commodities like gold and silver hit new records. The market is optimistic about a Santa Claus Rally and continued gains into 2026, supported by easing inflation and improving market breadth, despite some sector-specific declines and geopolitical tensions. Corporate earnings prospects are also boosting confidence for further growth.
Nvidia has licensed AI inference technology from startup Groq and hired key executives, including its founder, in a move that highlights the trend of acqui-hiring in Silicon Valley, where companies acquire talent and technology without full acquisitions, continuing to invest heavily in AI development.
Reddit's CEO Steve Huffman has become a billionaire after the company's first profitable year, driven by strong ad sales and lucrative licensing deals for AI training data, positioning Reddit as a key player in authentic human content amid rising AI and social media competition.
The New York Times and Amazon have announced a multi-year AI content licensing deal, allowing Amazon to use Times' editorial content for AI-related applications like Alexa and training models, marking their first such agreement amid ongoing copyright disputes in the AI industry.
The New York Times has signed a multi-year AI licensing deal with Amazon to provide summaries and excerpts of its content for Alexa and to help train Amazon's AI models, marking its first such deal and amid ongoing legal disputes over AI training data.
The New York Times has unexpectedly signed an AI licensing agreement with Amazon, allowing its content to be used on Amazon's AI devices and services, including training Amazon's AI models, despite its ongoing legal disputes with other AI firms over content use.
The New York Times has agreed to license its editorial content to Amazon for use in training AI platforms and enhancing customer experiences, marking its first such deal and following its previous legal actions against AI training without consent. The terms remain undisclosed, and the deal includes content from various NYT platforms, potentially extending to Alexa, amidst ongoing disputes over AI training rights.
The New York Times has licensed its editorial content to Amazon for use in its AI platforms, marking the first such agreement focused on generative AI technology, following a 2023 lawsuit by The Times against OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright issues.
OpenAI has struck a multiyear deal with News Corp to license current and archived content from major news outlets like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post for training and servicing AI chatbots. The financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal is reportedly worth up to $250 million over five years. This agreement aims to set new standards for digital content use, though it has raised concerns among publishers about AI's impact on their business and compensation for content use.
