Calif., Google form $250M AI-journalism partnership
Calif., Google form $250M AI-journalism partnership Calif., Google form $250M AI-journalism partnership 2024-08-22 A new partnership between California and Google will provide nearly $250 million over five years to fund AI research and support local journalism, putting aside legislation that would have required tech giants to pay for news content. Despite the supportive reactions from some lawmakers and associations, the union representing journalists criticized the compromise, arguing it allows Google to maintain control over newsrooms without sufficient funding.
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