Google signs deals with publishers for AI-powered articles

In the past weeks Microsoftsigned an agreement with Semafor for the production of artificial intelligence-supported news content. We conveyed it to you. Following in Microsoft’s footsteps Googlepays relatively high payments to independent publishers to publish AI-generated articles on their platforms.

this week According to the news shared by AdWeek According to reports, an agreement was made between Google and several independent publishers. Under the agreement, publishers will use Google’s artificial intelligence models to publish articles produced by artificial intelligence on their own websites. The agreement in question tens of thousands of dollars a year It is stated that it corresponds. Let us also add that the agreement was made within the scope of the Google News Initiative (GNI) program.

For these articles produced by artificial intelligence within the scope of the agreement analytical data, feedback ve A steady content volume for 12 months is needed. In addition, publishers participating in the agreement will have free access to the tools used to create these articles.

These tools, which are in beta, allow publishers with limited resources to create bulk content. These tools list reports recently published by other organizations, such as government agencies and neighboring news organizations. After this listing, the tool summarizes and publishes them as a new article.

In addition, a color-coded system is used in the text generated by artificial intelligence. In this way, editors can have information about the reliability of each section of the text when reviewing the content before publishing.

According to the information shared, within the scope of the agreement, publishers can use these tools at least three articles a day, a weekly newsletter ve a monthly marketing campaign agreed to publish it. The most controversial part of this agreement is Publishers do not have to report the use of artificial intelligence. Moreover, for the creation of artificial intelligence supported news The websites whose contents are used are not informed about this issue either..

A Google spokesperson said in a statement that they are in the early stages of exploring ideas that could potentially provide journalists with AI-powered tools to help them with their work. These tools are used in news reporting, article production and information verification. cannot replace journalists was also emphasized.

This approach of Google inevitably brings to mind the conflict between The New York Times, OpenAI and Microsoft. Late last year, The New York Times announced that it would sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. According to the claims of The New York Times, OpenAI and Microsoft created their artificial intelligence models by copying and using millions of articles of The New York Times. Google’s failure to provide any information or royalty payments to the websites its beta version tools use as data sources may fuel similar discussions.