Associated Press teams with Google Gemini to enhance real-time information

Jaffer Zaidi VP, Global News Partnerships for Google (GOOG, GOOGL) blogged in part, earlier on Wednesday: “As we develop new AI offerings and product experiences, such as the Gemini app, we’re identifying specific types of information and data that can help improve our products and services for people everywhere. For years, we’ve worked with The Associated Press AP to provide up-to-date and accurate information for features in Google Search. To build on that collaboration, the AP will now deliver a feed of real-time information to help further enhance the usefulness of results displayed in the Gemini app. This will be particularly helpful to our users looking for up-to-date information. “AP and Google’s longstanding relationship is based on working together to provide timely, accurate news and information to global audiences,” says AP Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer Kristin Heitmann. “We are pleased Google recognizes the value of AP’s journalism as well as our commitment to nonpartisan reporting, in the development of its generative AI products.”…Publicly traded companies in a similar space include New York Times (NYT), Gannett (GCI), News Corp (NWS) Daily Journal Corp (DJCO) DallasNews (DALN) and Thomson Reuters (TRI) …