Dow Jones Launches Factiva Smart Summary
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Dow Jones has launched Factiva Smart Summary, a new generative AI feature in its business intelligence platform. The tool provides concise, traceable summaries from thousands of trusted news sources. The company has secured GenAI licensing agreements with nearly 4,000 sources across 160+ countries and 29 languages, including major publishers like The Associated Press and The Washington Post.
The platform is engineered with Google's Gemini models on Google Cloud and joins Dow Jones's expanding suite of AI-powered products, including Factiva Feed for GenAI, Dow Jones Integrity Check, and RiskCenter Advanced Screening and Monitoring (ASAM). The service is now available to all subscribers.
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- Expansion of AI capabilities through partnerships with major news sources
- Strategic collaboration with Google Cloud using Gemini models
- Diversification of AI-powered product offerings
- Immediate availability to all subscribers
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Dow Jones announces GenAI content licensing agreements with thousands of sources worldwide
Through Factiva Smart Summary, new GenAI capabilities enable corporations to retrieve concise, informative summaries that streamline research and decision-making. The outputs are fully transparent and traceable, drawing on thousands of trusted news sources that Dow Jones has licensed for specific GenAI uses.
As part of its commitment to the responsible use of AI, Dow Jones is building the world's premiere collection of full-text news articles permissioned for use with GenAI tools and applications, with licensing agreements spanning nearly 4,000 sources, 160+ countries and 29 languages–including The Associated Press, AWP Finanznachrichten AG, News Corp Australia, News
"This launch of Factiva Smart Summary harnesses recent advancements in GenAI technology to deliver reliable insights for decision-making, while upholding journalistic integrity," said Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal. "As a leader in business intelligence, we're dedicated to building responsibly and safeguarding publisher value."
"For over 25 years, Factiva has connected businesses with trusted, copyright-compliant content. As generative AI ushers in a new era for media organizations, we're putting authenticity first," said Traci Mabrey, General Manager, Factiva. "We believe transparency and fair compensation are essential to building a healthy media landscape—one where AI strengthens, not undermines, our industry."
Factiva Smart Summary, engineered with Google's Gemini models on Google Cloud, joins Dow Jones's growing suite of AI-powered products designed to enhance and streamline decision-making. This initiative is the latest in a series of GenAI partnerships as Dow Jones continues to roll out this new technology throughout the company and to the benefit of its customers and readers. Recent developments include:
- Factiva Feed for GenAI and Dow Jones Newswires GenAI Feed which provide enterprises and financial firms with licensed, copyright-compliant full-text content to power custom generative AI applications such as chatbots, article and portfolio summarization, newsletter creation and research efficiency.
- Dow Jones Integrity Check, an automated research platform that harnesses leading-edge generative and entity resolution AI technologies from Xapien, enabling organizations to build an investigative due diligence report on companies and individuals in as little as five minutes.
- RiskCenter Advanced Screening and Monitoring (ASAM), powered by natural language processing technology from Ripjar, enables faster, more efficient high-volume screening for financial crime and third-party risk management.
"Dow Jones's use of Google's Gemini models on Google Cloud to power GenAI search summaries marks a significant step towards leveraging the technology to enhance information access and analysis," said Michael Clark, President,
Factiva Smart Summary is now available to all subscribers starting today. For more information please visit www.Factiva.com.
About Dow Jones
Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).
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