To this end, the US internet giant is collaborating with NewsCorp, the Financial Times, and the New York Times, according to the source. "We work closely with news publishers across the world to build products that help support their business and add value to users," Google spokesperson Maggie Shiels said in response to an AFP inquiry. Artificial intelligence could be combined with troves of data at Google to try to better win over potential news subscribers. Publishers have complained at times that Google is making money off their work by surfacing stories in search results. Google has countered that it shares revenue with publishers, drives traffic to their websites where stories are hosted, and that they can opt not to show up in search results.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 23, 2017 00:45 UTC