Amazon backs Showrunner, the AI streaming platform launching *Exit Valley*, a satirical animated series users can remix, expand, and monetize at showrunner.xyz.

At the heart of Showrunner is SHOW-2, the company’s proprietary AI model capable of writing, animating, voicing, editing and producing full episodes of television. Early access users can sign up now at Showrunner.xyz, where a waitlist of more than 100,000 people is already queued up to try the platform.

Amazon’s deal to license some content from The New York Times for use on the tech giant’s artificial intelligence platforms will cost at least $20 million annually, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Amazon has agreed to pay at least $20 million to The New York Times Co. for the right to use its journalism to feed the tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The deal between the two companies was first announced in May,