KDDI Corp. plans to partner with U.S. tech giant Google to launch a news search service using generative artificial intelligence in Japan as early as spring 2026, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.The service, to be provided by KDDI and Google Cloud Japan, aims to prevent copyright infringement by restricting searches to content from domestic media affiliated with the program, the sources said. It will use Google's Gemini generative AI model.The AI will not independently collect information from the internet, and source articles will be cited clearly. It has not yet been decided…READ FULL ARTICLE