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Google partners with Associated Press to bring real-time news to Gemini

Gemini will now deliver accurate real-time news.

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Google is partnering with The Associated Press (AP) to improve its Gemini AI platform by integrating real-time, accurate information. 

Over a year since Gemini’s release, Google has worked to expand its integration across numerous products and services, continually refining the AI to improve user experience. 

While results have been mixed, this collaboration with AP represents a significant step toward addressing a challenge: ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of AI-generated content.

Google Gemini AI will now deliver real-time AP news 

The partnership, announced via Google’s blog, The Keyword, will enable AP to provide a live feed of real-time data to the Gemini app

This initiative aims to reduce long-standing criticisms of AI platforms for delivering outdated or incorrect information.

This is a criticism Google has faced firsthand, particularly with its Google Search Overviews feature, which was investigated for inaccuracies. 

By leveraging AP’s reputable and reliable information, Gemini’s utility and trustworthiness are expected to improve significantly.

AI’s rise since 2023 has presented both opportunities and challenges for tech companies.

This rapidly evolving field has required brands like Google to experiment with unknown technologies, often navigating contentious ethical debates. 

One prominent issue is the use of existing authors’ and artists’ works for training AI systems, which has sparked concern among creators about the fairness and ethics of such practices. 

As companies tread this thin line, they must balance innovation with responsibility to stakeholders, including content creators and end-users.

Google’s partnership with AP is an example of its commitment to resolving these challenges while improving AI’s value. 

By incorporating real-time feeds, the company aims to improve Gemini’s output quality, providing a better user experience while addressing accuracy concerns. 

However, this initiative represents just one step in a broader effort by Google and other companies to refine AI tools responsibly. 

As this partnership unfolds, it will be closely watched as a potential model for balancing technology with accuracy, ethics, and user trust.

What do you think about this new partnership? Should media organisations keep their data away from AI? We want to hear your thoughts in our comments section below, or via our Twitter or Facebook.

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Ronil is a Computer Engineer by education and a consumer technology writer by choice. Over the course of his professional career, his work has appeared in reputable publications like MakeUseOf, TechJunkie, GreenBot, and many more. When not working, you’ll find him at the gym breaking a new PR.

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