May 2026 update
Jinfo Blog

6th May 2026

By Anja Chemnitz Thygesen

Abstract

• Stephen Phillips’ farewell message: be an agent of change
• Content investment for AI
• Licensed content and AI.

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Last month our colleague Stephen Phillips retired. In his farewell blog he reminds us that we, as information professionals, must continue to develop as a profession and as individuals:

• "Be an agent of change, not a victim of circumstance – tips for information professionals" (Blog, Stephen Phillips).

That message resonates across the Jinfo community, as we strive to understand and leverage how AI is reshaping the way we work with content.

Content investment for AI

This month we're focusing on how information managers can clearly articulate to senior leadership why high-quality content is essential for successful AI initiatives:

• Register for our upcoming community session, "Content investment for AI" (19th May 2026).
  
  
• Contribute to our short poll (5 questions, 5 minutes), so we can understand your current practices, challenges, and priorities.
  
  

Licensed content and AI

Our recent research on licensed content and AI has highlighted the misalignment between stakeholders and the increasing need to balance on- and off-platform approaches:

• We summarise these perspectives in the new report "Understanding stakeholder perspectives – AI and licensed content".
  
  
• In the blog "Finding common ground between stakeholders in AI licensing" we show that while stakeholders are adapting, they are not yet aligned. This is creating tension across publishers, aggregators, information managers, and end users.
  
  
• We also explore the importance of content usage models in a second new report, "On- versus off-platform solutions – AI and licensed content" (see details on the blog).
  
  
• Our third new report, "Licensing the future: what we learned at the FT and Jinfo in-person session", provides a summary of the in-person event at the Financial Times in March under the headline "Licensing the future".

Our Community sessions in June and July will look further at stakeholder value and AI. Register now.

Across all of this, one theme is clear: content is becoming a strategic asset in AI.

Information managers need to stay ahead. Being an agent of change means shaping the future, not waiting for it.

Jinfo is here to help you be that agent of change. Please reach out if you want to discuss the topic with me, and purchase a Jinfo Subscription if your organisation doesn't have one yet.

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