Major Deal Between California and Big Tech Promises $250 Million for Local Journalism, AI Development

Published on August 22, 2024

A California bill that would have required Big Tech platforms to pay news providers for their content has made a significant evolution this week in Sacramento as lawmakers announced a deal that will fund newsrooms in the state and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and resources to assist journalists. The bill, AB 886, has been a source of contention between Big Tech platforms like Google and local news outlets when it passed out of the suspense file—where bills are considered for their fiscal impact—last week during a critical Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. Announced Aug. 21 by Democrat Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks and applauded by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the new agreement is a five-year set of initiatives between the state and Big Tech companies....

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