Google AI poses new questions for news media

Google AI poses new questions for news media
Of the millions of websites scanned by Google’s AI, 13% were news sites. (Image: Getty)
Daniel Dunkley
In Mountain View, California, technology giant Google this week revealed details of its hotly anticipated artificial intelligence programme Bard, a challenger to the groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT. As chief executive Sundar Pichai proudly showcased the revolutionary new technology to developers, concerns have arisen around the world over the impact of the all-seeing, all-knowing artificial intelligence (AI) tools.AI programmes like Bard are trained on a vast amount of data and code, scraping information from reputable web pages to power th...

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