A new chatbot, NewsGuard AI, is being launched to solve the problem of misinformation in AI-generated news. The chatbot accesses and aggregates information only from sources that have been rated as reliable by NewsGuard, a startup that rates the reliability of news sources.

Compensating Publishers

One of the key features of NewsGuard AI is its promise to compensate publishers for their content. The chatbot will share its revenue with publishers through a 50-50 revenue share model, which could provide a new source of income for news outlets.

NewsGuard AI is being pitched as a more reliable alternative to existing AI chatbots, which are prone to sharing false claims and vulnerable to propaganda campaigns. The chatbot’s responses will include citations and prominent links to news outlets, allowing users to access the original sources of the information.

Marketing Partners

To promote the chatbot, NewsGuard is partnering with a variety of marketing partners, including magazines and independent bookstores. These partners will help to spread the word about NewsGuard AI and will receive a cut of the subscriptions they help to sell.

Several news publishers, including The Atlantic, have already signed up to partner with NewsGuard AI. The Atlantic’s CEO, Nicholas Thompson, has expressed his support for the project, saying that it is an important step in helping people to figure out what is real and what is false in the news.

Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.