At Google I/O today, Google debuted its revamped Google News program that attempts to highlight "the best of what journalism has to offer." The new program, redesigned using Google's Material Design, tackles three goals: helping users keep up with stories they care about, helping those users understand stories fully, and making it easier for users to support news organizations they trust.
The company demoed the new Google News during the I/O keynote, showing off many features in mobile-app form. A general briefing sits at the top of the mobile app, highlighting five of the biggest stories happening now that users should know about. Google News uses AI to populate the rest of the news feed, picking out news stories from across the Web that appeal to you and your interests. It will also feature local stories and events based on your location.
Unlike other news aggregation services, Google News doesn't make you pick out your interests from a long list of topics. Rather, the program uses reinforcement learning to know more about you the more you use it. We suspect that Google News will also use your Google account and all the information associated with it to find out more about you, your interests, and the stories you may like.
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