Meta reveals plans to incorporate content from prominent news outlets into its AI assistant to offer real-time information to users on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The social media giant announced that Meta AI will provide breaking news, entertainment, and lifestyle articles in response to users' news-related inquiries, leveraging collaborations with organizations such as CNN, Fox News, Le Monde, People, and USA.

The functionality will enable users to tap into "a wider range of content sources" and obtain links to partner sites for further exploration of stories, Meta stated in a blog entry.

Meta stated that the goal of the expansion is to enhance its AI assistant to be "more responsive, accurate, and balanced" by integrating various perspectives, recognizing that "real-time events pose challenges for existing AI systems to monitor."

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The original collaborations include widely-read and right-leaning media outlets, such as The Daily Caller and The Washington Examiner.

The firm announced its intention to keep forming partnerships and create new features as competition escalates among tech companies to improve the functionalities of their AI assistants.

Meta AI is accessible on the company's platforms, assisting billions of users worldwide.

The declaration arrives as AI firms, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, are progressively working to integrate real-time web content and news updates.

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OpenAI has agreements with News Corp, Le Monde, The Washington Post, and Axel Springer, while The New York Times has collaborated with Amazon, and Google has teamed up with The Associated Press. Mistral in Europe has teamed up with Agence France-Presse.

In late August, the startup Perplexity launched a subscription option named Comet Plus, after its AI-enhanced web browser, Comet, offering access to partnered media content for $5 monthly.

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In spite of these partnerships, multiple legal actions initiated by media organizations against AI firms are still in progress, particularly The New York Times versus OpenAI, where the publication claims that its articles were utilized without permission and without payment