Google is developing a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help journalists write their articles, in collaboration with big names in the pressthe internet giant confirmed yesterday, Thursday.

The New York Times disclosed the information, specifies that participates in the planas well as Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and other businesses. “We are currently exploring ideas to provide potential AI tools to help journalists do their jobs,” said a Google spokesperson.

“These tools are not designed to, and cannot, replace the essential role journalists play in gathering and verifying information and writing articles.“, he clarified.

The idea is about the design of similar writing assistance functions with those present in Gmail or Google Docsbut especially for journalists, such as suggesting different titles or writing style.

According to the New York Times, media executives described Google’s plan, which was internally called “Genesiss’ (Genesis), ‘annoying’.

OpenAIthe California startup that created the ChatGPT and it is also a leading company in the field of so-called “productive” artificial intelligence, it has also recently entered into agreements with journalistic organizations.

The company that wants datawhich are essential for training language models, secured permission to use the US News Agency archives Associated Press (AP) since 1985.

In return, the AP will have access to “in OpenAI technology and expertise“, the two companies state in a statement they issued last week.

OpenAI will also give $5 million to the American Journalism Projectan organization that supports many local media outlets, and up to $5 million in credits to use the Application Programming Interface (API) and to help journalists integrate artificial intelligence tools into their work.

The great success of the production artificial intelligence, which can generate any kind of text or images with a simple request colloquially, causes many concerns to content creators (artists, writers, journalists, etc.).

Several legal actions have been taken against the companies concerned (including OpenAI).

Professionals blame them that they used their contents without their consent or payment to feed their IT programs. They also fear that these software may in the long run become capable of replacing them.