With the stated goal of making “high-quality news more accessible,” The Washington Post and OpenAI have announced a partnership centered on ChatGPT.

The strategic deal will see OpenAI interface ChatGPT respond to user queries by displaying summaries, quotes and links to original reporting from the Post.

News of Tuesday’s agreement comes at an unsettled time for many industries as AI makes inroads, with the media business particularly sensitive to the downside risks. A divide has opened up across the industry, with some publishers and news organizations opting to forge alliances with AI companies in order to secure revenue and a measure of security, but others taking legal action at what they perceive as an existential threat. The New York Times Co. sued OpenAI earlier this year, and last month a judge ruled the copyright infringement claim can proceed.

The Post, which has been owned by Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos for more than a decade,...