Google Partners with California Legislators to Aid Local News Outlets
Shiva Ganesh
Google and California will jointly contribute at least $125 million over five years to support local newsrooms through a nonprofit public charity at UC Berkeley's journalism school
The deal includes funding for artificial intelligence initiatives, with Google committing $50 million over five years to existing journalism programs and AI development
This agreement is a public-private partnership aimed at accelerating AI innovation and supporting local and national businesses and nonprofit organizations
The inclusion of AI funding has drawn criticism from some journalists who fear it could replace their jobs
The deal ends a long-running dispute over the California Journalism Preservation Act