12:55 PM EDT, 04/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) has agreed to pay $5 million to $6 million annually to News Corp ( NWSA ) , owner of The Wall Street Journal, for the development of new artificial intelligence-related content and products, The Information reported Tuesday, citing a News Corp ( NWSA ) employee and another person close to the deal.

A Reuters report quoted a News Corp ( NWSA ) spokesperson as saying that the company does not have an AI content licensing deal with Google ( GOOG ).

"We absolutely do not have an AI content licensing deal with Google ( GOOG ), though we do have a number of partnerships with Google ( GOOG ) across our businesses," a News Corp ( NWSA ) spokesperson told Reuters.

Google and News Corp ( NWSA ) did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' requests for comment.

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