{"slug": "google-is-buying-play-store-developers-code-for-ai-training", "title": "Google is buying Play Store developers' code for AI training", "summary": "Google is paying select Android app developers for access to their Play Store code, according to a 404 Media report based on an email sent to a developer with millions of downloads. The program, described as a \"confidential content offer pilot,\" aims to use the code for training Google's artificial intelligence models.", "body_md": "Google (@Google) is offering to pay some Android app developers for access to the code behind Play Store apps, according to a 404 Media report based on an email sent to a developer whose app has millions of downloads. The pitch, as reported by 404 Media's Jason Koebler, invites a \"select group of Google Play app developers\" into a \"confidential content offer pilot.\" Google frames the program as a way for developers to \"generate additional revenue\" from production codebases, archived projects,...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-buying-play-store-developers-code-for-ai-training", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/google-play-store-code-ai-training-pilot", "published_at": "2026-06-03 00:28:28+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-03 14:10:46.923990+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-policy", "ai-research", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Google", "404 Media", "Jason Koebler", "Play Store"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-buying-play-store-developers-code-for-ai-training", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-buying-play-store-developers-code-for-ai-training.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-buying-play-store-developers-code-for-ai-training.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-buying-play-store-developers-code-for-ai-training.jsonld"}}