Dow Jones Newswires launches Korean language service
Dow Jones Newswires has launched its first artificial intelligence-enabled language service. The Dow Jones Korean Language Service provides markets and financial news and analysis. The services is built on a custom tech stack that selects the best translation model. The process best-in-class artificial intelligence and years of journalism experience to produce a machine translation service […]
Reuters strikes AI deal with Facebook
Meta has struck a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries about news and current events in its Meta AI chatbot. reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “Beginning Friday, users of Meta’s AI chatbot feature in the U.S. will have access to real-time news and information […]
Quartz launches AI show
Quartz has begun a new streaming video interview series called “Quartz AI Factor” filmed at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Host Rocio Fabbro writes, “Every week, we’ll interview industry leaders from across sectors and discuss how AI is shaping the present and future of business. “For our first episode, we spoke with Doug Clinton, CEO […]
Lane of Forbes on the issues with Perplexity’s AI
Gretchen Peck interviewed Forbes chief content officer Randall Lane about his concerns with artificial intelligence developer Perplexity and its impact on its content. Here’s an excerpt: E&P: Since you published the June 11th column, have you encountered other similar cases of your content appearing in AI-authored articles or search summaries? Lane: While other AI companies are training […]
Fortune strikes revenue sharing deal with Perplexity
Perplexity AI is launching revenue-sharing partnership with Fortune and other major publishers less than two months after some news outlets publicly accused the artificial intelligence startup of plagiarizing their stories, reports Shirin Ghaffary of Bloomberg News. Ghaffary reports, “Publishers will receive a ‘double digit’ percentage of revenue from sponsored questions that appear below results in the […]
Mashable, PC Mag union wins guarantees against AI
The editorial union for Mashable and PC Mag has successfully bargained for protections against generative artificial intelligence, reports Andrew Deck of Nieman Lab. Deck writes, “The language around AI in the contract, which I reviewed, doesn’t place specific restrictions on the way generative AI is used in the editorial process — say, whether it can be […]
The Information hires Popper to lead AI and enterprise coverage
The Information has hired Nathaniel Popper as bureau chief for our artificial intelligence and enterprise coverage. He starts July 17 and will be based in San Francisco. A story on its website states, “Popper has been at the forefront of covering technology and finance for more than a decade. He wrote ‘Digital Gold,’ an acclaimed book […]
Dow Jones acquires AI company for fuel prices
Dow Jones said Tuesday it has acquired the artificial intelligence-powered fuel pricing solutions provider A2i Systems, without disclosing financial details about the deal, reports Michal Susin of The Wall Street Journal. Susin reports, “The New York-based media company said the acquisition of the Denmark-based company will contribute to its growing suite of AI capabilities and will operate […]
News Corp CEO Thomson signals action against AI firm
News Corp. chief executive officer Robert Thomson has signaled that the company is considering legal action against at least one generative artificial intelligence firm, reports John Buckley of Capital Brief. Buckley writes, “In a nearly 2000-word memo to staff, Thomson shared further detail on the company’s approach to generative AI, which he claims has sparked a revolution […]
VentureBeat hires David to cover artificial intelligence
VentureBeat has hired Emilia David as its senior artificial intelligence reporter. She has been at The Verge covering artificial intelligence and previously worked at Business Insider covering venture capital. Before that, David was a reporter for the Venture Capital Journal, weekend editor at Cointelegraph and a reporter for Waters Technology. She also worked as a reporter […]
