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Google paying independent publishers to test unreleased generative AI platform

Google has been striking deals with publishers to use generative AI tools, as part of the Google News Initiative, potentially raising concerns.
The new AI tools allow publishers to summarize and republish articles efficiently, with specific requirements for participating publishers.
Despite Google stating that AI tools cannot replace human journalists, concerns remain regarding the use of generative AI in news publication.

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The Hill

Google paying independent publishers to test unreleased generative AI platform

Google has announced that it will begin paying independent publishers to test its unreleased generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The program, first reported by Adweek, allows a handful of publishers access to its AI platform in exchange for receiving analytics and feedback. Publishers are expected to use the tools to produce “a fixed volume of…

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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The Verge

Google is paying small news outlets to use an AI article writing tool.

Under the agreement, publishers produce three articles a day, one newsletter a week and one marketing campaign a month using AI. In exchange, outlets get “a five-figure sum” over the course of 12 months. First off, that figure seems like a steal for Google. And the service relies on articles from other publishers — who reportedly haven’t consented to their work being used:

2 months ago·United States

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Techmeme

Docs: Google is paying a handful of independent publishers a five-figure sum for one year to use an unreleased suite of generative AI tools to post stories

Mark Stenberg / Adweek: Docs: Google is paying a handful of independent publishers a five-figure sum for one year to use an unreleased suite of generative AI tools to post stories — In exchange for a five-figure sum, publishers must use the tool to publish 3 stories per day — Google launched a private program …

2 months ago

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Engadget

Google is reportedly paying publishers thousands of dollars to use its AI to write stories

Google has been quietly striking deals with some publishers to use new generative AI tools to publish stories, according to a report in Adweek.

2 months ago·United States

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Gizmodo

Google Is Paying News Outlets to Unleash an Avalanche of AI Slop

Google swears it’s not trying to kill journalism, but many of its latest projects seem geared toward that end. Google is paying five-figure sums to small publishers asking them to test out a generative AI platform geared toward newsrooms. News outlets are asked to publish three of these AI-assisted articles a day, in…Read more...

2 months ago·United States

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HYPEBEAST

Google Is Reportedly Paying News Outlets To Use Its AI Article Writing Technology

Google Is Reportedly Paying News Outlets To Use Its AI Article Writing Technology: The alleged beta program requires outlets to publish generated articles 3 times a week.

2 months ago

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Google paying independent publishers to test unreleased generative AI platform

Google paying independent publishers to test unreleased generative AI platform

Google is paying small news outlets to use an AI article writing tool.

Google is paying small news outlets to use an AI article writing tool.

Docs: Google is paying a handful of independent publishers a five-figure sum for one year to use an unreleased suite of generative AI tools to post stories

Docs: Google is paying a handful of independent publishers a five-figure sum for one year to use an unreleased suite of generative AI tools to post stories

Google is reportedly paying publishers thousands of dollars to use its AI to write stories

Google is reportedly paying publishers thousands of dollars to use its AI to write stories

Google Is Paying News Outlets to Unleash an Avalanche of AI Slop

Google Is Paying News Outlets to Unleash an Avalanche of AI Slop

Google Is Reportedly Paying News Outlets To Use Its AI Article Writing Technology

Google Is Reportedly Paying News Outlets To Use Its AI Article Writing Technology

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