{"id":24310,"date":"2024-02-29T01:56:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T07:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=24310"},"modified":"2024-02-29T01:57:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T07:57:03","slug":"report-google-is-paying-publishers-to-post-ai-generated-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=24310","title":{"rendered":"Report: Google Is Paying Publishers to Post AI-Generated Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to a recent report,&nbsp;Google is quietly testing controversial new artificial intelligence tools for automating news production with a select group of publishers. The Masters of the Universe are reportedly paying publishers to post articles generated by its AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">AdWeek&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/media\/google-paying-publishers-unreleased-gen-ai\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that tech giant Google is quietly working with a small group of news publishers to test unreleased artificial intelligence tools aimed at automating certain aspects of the news production process. According to documents seen by Adweek, Google is paying select publishers to participate in a 12-month pilot program providing early access to the new AI platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In exchange, publishers must use the tools to generate a minimum volume of content \u2014 reportedly three articles per day, one newsletter per week, and one marketing campaign per month. The AI tools allow publishers to summarize and repurpose content from other sources, such as government agencies and news outlets, to create aggregated news stories with limited human editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">While Google claims the goal is to aid small, resource-constrained publishers in producing original local journalism, some industry experts view the program skeptically. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to argue that stealing people\u2019s work supports the mission of the news,\u201d said Jason Kint, CEO of Digital Content Next, who believes the tools could negatively impact outlets whose work is scraped without permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The AI software indexes and monitors outside websites identified by the publisher as regular sources of relevant news. When new articles appear, the system auto-generates rewritten versions in different \u201caccuracy\u201d levels based on how closely the AI text matches the original. Editors review the AI copy before publication but are not required to label articles as AI-assisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Google states the tools cannot gather new facts, limiting value for premium publishers. But some warn the technology threatens to divert traffic from originating sources and enables low-cost content duplication versus investment in original reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The publisher initiative is part of Google\u2019s News Initiative launched in 2018, which has faced criticism despite its professed goal of supporting journalism through technology and training. \u201cInstead of giving up some of that revenue, it\u2019s attacking the cost side for its long-tail members with the least bargaining power,\u201d said Kint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2024\/02\/28\/report-google-is-paying-publishers-to-post-ai-generated-articles\/\">Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent report,&nbsp;Google is quietly testing controversial new artificial intelligence tools for automating news production with a select group of publishers. The Masters of the Universe are reportedly paying publishers to post articles generated by its AI. 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