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Google’s News AI pilot expands to over 400 publications, including U.S. local news outlets

Nieman Lab 15 October 2026 14h ago
Google’s News AI pilot expands to over 400 publications, including U.S. local news outlets
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In December, Google launched its News AI pilot program, which licenses content from select publishers and uses it to test new AI features in Google News. On Thursday, the company announced that the program has added new partnerships, bringing the total number of publications in the pilot to more than 400 worldwide. At launch, the...
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