Google claims AI is made to help journalists not replace them

On Thursday, Google announced that it was delving into making new AI tools meant to help journalists and news publishers.

Google announced on Thursday that it is looking into tools for news publishers that use AI.

The business announced on Twitter that it is collaborating with news publishers to investigate how AI tools can benefit journalists.

The announcement followed a New York Times article claiming that Google had been promoting AI products to newsrooms that could gather data and generate news stories.

In a statement, Google claimed that its AI tools were created to support journalists rather than take their place.

Concerns about the future of entire classes of jobs have been rekindled by the emergence of a new class of generative AI programs, which differ from earlier iterations of AI for their capacity to produce humanlike writing and images from basic prompts. An intergovernmental organization called the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published a study earlier this month that found 27% of jobs are at high risk of automation.

Journalism has already begun to use automated content. In 2014, The Associated Press began using automation software to create articles about corporate earnings. Although many have already encountered accuracy problems, more recently, digital media companies have stated they are investigating the use of generative AI to produce straightforward articles like lists.

When addressing labor issues, other professions that depend on people for writing and content creation have started to consider AI. SAG-AFTRA, the Writers Guild of America, and the Hollywood actors union have all cited AI as something that must be addressed in order to end their ongoing strikes.