谷歌同意资助加州新闻媒体,州政府也将捐款

币界网Published on 2024-08-23Last updated on 2024-08-23

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在未来五年内,谷歌已同意向加州新闻编辑室和人工智能中心提供高达2.5亿美元的财政支持。随后,加利福尼亚州议员提出的两项法案将被两年后达成的这项协议所取代。

加州还将通过第一年每年3000万美元的承诺以及随后四年每年1000万美元的新闻基金提供资金。加州大学伯克利分校新闻学院将主办该基金。另一方面,谷歌的捐款包括一年1500万美元,此后每年1000万美元,以及用于人工智能相关开发的其他资金。

记者和立法者反对谷歌的融资协议

然而,这一财政承诺受到了新闻业和政界人士的谴责。西方媒体协会主席马特·皮尔斯表示,这是一次“彻底的失败”,他声称谷歌给纳税人带来了更多的负担。此外,他担心这并没有解决加州独立新闻采集长期严重下降的问题。

州参议员史蒂夫·格雷泽也表达了这些担忧,他表示谷歌的资金“完全不足”,也低于支持加州新闻业所需的资金。这低于其他国家与谷歌达成的协议,例如加拿大每年7400万美元的协议。

谷歌资助AI加速器作为媒体支持协议的一部分

这意味着谷歌不仅将为新闻编辑室做出贡献,还将为国家人工智能创新加速器提供资金。这项计划将在包括新闻业在内的各个行业尝试人工智能应用,并看看它如何帮助他们。然而,OpenAI在其他人工智能公司中的参与已经考虑到了人工智能技术是否对新闻有更广泛影响的问题。

谷歌全球事务总裁肯特·沃克表示,历史表明,这项协议正在支持新闻业和当地新闻生态系统。州长加文·纽瑟姆赞扬了这一举措,称“重建一个强大而充满活力的加州新闻队伍”是有希望的

然而,根据代表全国近2000家美国报纸的新闻/媒体联盟的说法,应该有联邦立法要求新闻内容的出版商获得公平的报酬。对他们来说,谷歌继续主导搜索引擎,从而从重新打包信息中赚钱,而谷歌则不为此付费。

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