Google has given the UK Press Association a €706,000 grant to develop artificial intelligence software to write 30,000 local news stories a month. The money will be used for “developing and testing new AI algorithms that can help journalists produce more accurate stories”, according to an announcement on Google’s website. Five journalists will work in concert with natural language processing software to turn government and local authority databases into locally specific stories about health, crime, jobs and other subjects. The grant is part of Google's €150m three-year Digital News Initiative. Its key USP will be that will guarantee transaction transparency for both the sell side and the buy side. Other grant recipients include WikiTribune UK (launched by Wikipedia), Al Jazeera English and Dennis Publishing.
Google has given the UK Press Association a €706,000 grant to develop artificial intelligence software to write 30,000 local news stories a month. The money will be used for “developing and testing new AI algorithms that can help journalists produce more accurate stories”, according to an announcement on Google’s website. Five journalists will work in concert with natural language processing software to turn government and local authority databases into locally specific stories about health, crime, jobs and other subjects. The grant is part of Google's €150m three-year Digital News Initiative. Other grant recipients include WikiTribune UK (launched by Wikipedia), Al Jazeera English and Dennis Publishing.