Using AI to cut through online noise and source unbiased news | Waterloo Data and Artificial Intelligence Institute

Velocity alumni company Ground News launches new AI-powered news comparison tool

Media Relations

Seeking unbiased opinions is challenging in today’s fast-paced news cycle. Some news sources leave out important facts, inadvertently skewing public perception on current events.

Ground News, an alumni company from Velocity, University of Waterloo’s startup incubator, is combatting this with the launch of a new tool powered by artificial intelligence. The tool will help readers quickly understand a story from multiple perspectives so they can spot media bias when they read it.

“News shapes how people think about the world and how we make important decisions,” said Ground News Co-Founder and CEO Harleen Kaur. “We should all have access to the same information and it's hard to believe that that isn’t the case.”

Read the full article from Waterloo News to learn more.