AskNews

AskNews AI-Powered News Platform is a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to give developers, analysts, publishers, and readers access to enriched global news insights. The platform offers highly enriched analytics, real-time monitoring, and monetization capabilities, all accessible via an API and multiple use-cases. It emphasizes transparency, diverse perspectives, and fast, grounded context for AI applications.

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How to Use AskNews

• Integrate via SDKs or API to access the AskNews data stream and analytics in your applications.
• Use Newsplunker to explore, summarize, and derive insights from current news data.
• Leverage the Analyst Dashboard for high-level analytics and business insights.
• Publish your content with AskNews Publisher to monetize synthetic representations of your content.
• Read curated stories and chat with the AskNews AI assistant for deeper context and cross-source understanding.

Use Cases

• Build smarter tools with enriched datasets including sentiment analysis, source diversity, and geo-contextualized insights.
• Understand global perspectives by analyzing how different sources report on events.
• Track events with precision, monitor developing stories, and analyze sentiment over time.
• Visualize stories with real-time mapping and interaction networks of people, organizations, and countries.
• Use AI-powered insights to summarize stories, generate custom insights, or produce newsletters.

How It Works

• AskNews distills and indexes data from thousands of sources across languages to provide diverse perspectives.
• It offers structured data and APIs to seamlessly integrate global news insights into applications.
• Rich context is provided via synthetic, yet journalistic-quality representations designed to augment LLMs and other AI workflows.
• Real-time monitoring tools (e.g., RedditPerspective, StoryGraphs) help users see trends and dynamics.

Safety and Privacy Considerations

• Ensure responsible use of news data; respect licensing and publication rights when distributing synthesized or published content.
• Leverage synthetic representations to avoid data ownership concerns while preserving factual integrity.

Core Features

• SDKs and API access to AskNews data and analytics
• Newsplunker for interactive exploration of current news
• Analyst Dashboard for high-level analytics and insights
• AskNews Publisher to monetize synthetic representations of content
• Reader with Curated Stories and AI Chat for context
• Real-time monitoring tools (RedditPerspective, StoryGraphs)
• Visualizations for geo-context and network interactions
• AI-powered insights for summaries, newsletters, and custom analyses
• Diverse, multilingual news coverage with source diversity tracking
• Transparent data and open-source contributions; EU AI Act compliant

Why Choose AskNews

• Rich, contextually enriched news data tailored for developers and analysts
• Fast response times and scalable APIs suitable for integration into apps and dashboards
• Transparency and openness, with dashboards and open-source components
• Flexible pricing, including a forever free tier for reading curated stories

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Quick Start Outline

1. Sign up for an API key or SDK access.
2. Choose your integration path: API, LangChain tools, or Newsplunker exploration.
3. Integrate enriched data into your application and start monitoring trends with StoryGraphs and RedditPerspective.
4. If monetization is desired, enable AskNews Publisher for synthetic content distribution.
5. Use the AI assistant for summaries and insights to power newsletters or internal reports.