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Google paying some news publishers to publish AI-generated articles

Google is reportedly paying some publishers for AI-generated articles and, while it seems to have good intentions, it's a bit troubling.

While there are likely some nefarious use cases for such tools, this particular deal seems to at least have good intentions, apparently being focused on assisting “under-resourced publishers” in creating “aggregated content” from data provided by other sources, with examples including “government agencies and neighboring news outlets.” The report goes on to mention, troublingly, that publishers participating in the program would need to “compile a list of external websites that regularly produce news and reports relevant to their readership.” The tool’s dashboard giving the user the option to get an AI-generated summary of a post from that external website which can then be edited, or immediately published after being checked by a human editor. In July, reports revealed Google’s “Genesis” tool which was pitched as a “personal assistant for journalists” which could “generate news copy.”

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