> verified, vetted information that LLMs can trust blindly. Possibly that's what deals like the OpenAI / Atlantic one are about

Except, the Atlantic does very little (if any) fact-based hard news and does very little investigative reporting. It's largely a collection of op-eds.

My guess is that deal has more to do with OpenAI cozying up to Laurene Powell Jobs (widow of Steve Jobs and owner of the Atlantic) who inherited roughly $15B in capital and is willing to spend it...specifically on things like...OpenAI's next funding round.