# Introducing Groundsource: Turning news reports into data with Gemini

DevFeed: [Introducing Groundsource: Turning news reports into data with Gemini](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-groundsource-turning-news-reports-into-data-with-gemini-6825.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.google/blog/introducing-groundsource-turning-news-reports-into-data-with-gemini/>)

Published: 2026-03-12T10:42:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The latest research from Google](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-latest-research-from-google.md>)

Topics: [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [Ground truth / benchmark quality](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ground-truth-benchmark-quality.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/resilience.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [climate-sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/climate-sustainability.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datasets.md>), [flash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flash.md>), [gemini](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gemini.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [natural-language-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/natural-language-processing.md>), [open-source-models-datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-models-datasets.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resilience.md>), [sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sustainability.md>)

## AI overview

Google Research introduces Groundsource, a scalable methodology that uses Gemini to convert unstructured global news reports into verified historical data. Its first open-access dataset contains 2.6 million flash-flood records from more than 150 countries, supporting research, forecasting, and urban crisis resilience.

## Source excerpt

Climate & Sustainability