Meta has signed commercial AI data deals with news publishers to deliver real-time world, entertainment and breaking news to Meta AI, its AI chatbot. Now, when users ask questions about Meta AI news, information and links from different content sources will be displayed to help users discover timely and relevant content, the company was announced on Friday.
These responses will also include links to articles so users can visit the publishers’ websites to learn more. The company says this will allow its partners to reach new audiences.
Meta works with CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, the People Inc. portfolio of media brands, The Daily Caller, the Washington Examiner and USA Today.
The company plans to add new partnerships in the future.
The move comes as Meta moved away from making its platforms news hubs. For example, it killed Facebook’s News tab in 2024. Furthermore, Meta stopped compensating news publishers in 2022, but now doing it to help supercharge the AI chatbot with real-time news access.
“We are committed to making Meta AI more responsive, accurate and balanced,” Meta wrote in blog post. “Real-time events can be difficult for current AI systems to keep up with, but by integrating more and different types of news sources, we aim to improve Meta AI’s ability to deliver timely and relevant content and information with a wide variety of viewpoints and content types.”
The company is looking to attract more users to its AI chatbot as it faces increasing competition from its rivals. Meta is also looking to stay relevant in the AI race after the controversial release of Llama 4, which was met with complaints of poor performance earlier this year.
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