Smartnews launches new app to counter rage-bait and polarisation

Smartnews launches new app to counter rage-bait and polarisation

US-based news aggregator Smartnews has launched a second app aimed at providing an “antidote” to content which capitalises on “outrage”. The company says its Newsarc app uses agentic AI to surface stories in different ways to the other platforms. Newsarc is designed to prioritise breadth and substance rather than focus on breaking news headlines. Jason Holtman, senior vice president of product at Smartnews, told Press Gazette: “We basically buil…