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AI & Tech News Scraper
Fetches news from popular tech resources and big tech company blogs
"""
import feedparser
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from typing import List, Dict
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class AITechNewsScraper:
"""Scraper for AI and tech news from major sources and company blogs"""
# AI/Tech News Sources (RSS + Web)
SOURCES = {
# Major Tech News
'TechCrunch AI': {
'url': 'https://techcrunch.com/category/artificial-intelligence/feed/',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'The Verge AI': {
'url': 'https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/rss/index.xml',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'VentureBeat AI': {
'url': 'https://venturebeat.com/category/ai/feed/',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'MIT Technology Review AI': {
'url': 'https://www.technologyreview.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/feed',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'Ars Technica AI': {
'url': 'https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/technology-lab',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'tech'
},
'Wired AI': {
'url': 'https://www.wired.com/feed/tag/ai/latest/rss',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
# Big Tech Company Blogs
'OpenAI Blog': {
'url': 'https://openai.com/blog/rss.xml',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'Google AI Blog': {
'url': 'https://blog.google/technology/ai/rss/',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'Microsoft AI Blog': {
'url': 'https://blogs.microsoft.com/ai/feed/',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'Meta AI Blog': {
'url': 'https://ai.meta.com/blog/rss/',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'DeepMind Blog': {
'url': 'https://deepmind.google/blog/rss.xml',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'Anthropic News': {
'url': 'https://www.anthropic.com/news/rss.xml',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'AWS AI Blog': {
'url': 'https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/feed/',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
'NVIDIA AI Blog': {
'url': 'https://blogs.nvidia.com/feed/',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'ai'
},
# Research & Academia
'Stanford HAI': {
'url': 'https://hai.stanford.edu/news/rss.xml',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'research'
},
'Berkeley AI Research': {
'url': 'https://bair.berkeley.edu/blog/feed.xml',
'type': 'rss',
'category': 'research'
},
}
def __init__(self):
"""Initialize the AI/Tech news scraper"""
self.session = requests.Session()
self.session.headers.update({
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36'
})
def scrape_ai_tech_news(self, max_items: int = 100, hours: int = 48) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Scrape AI and tech news from all sources
Args:
max_items: Maximum number of news items to return
hours: Only include news from the last N hours
Returns:
List of news items with standardized format
"""
all_news = []
cutoff_time = datetime.now() - timedelta(hours=hours)
for source_name, source_config in self.SOURCES.items():
try:
if source_config['type'] == 'rss':
news_items = self._scrape_rss_feed(
source_name,
source_config['url'],
source_config['category'],
cutoff_time
)
all_news.extend(news_items)
logger.info(f"Scraped {len(news_items)} items from {source_name}")
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error scraping {source_name}: {e}")
continue
# Sort by timestamp (newest first)
all_news.sort(key=lambda x: x['timestamp'], reverse=True)
# Limit to max_items
return all_news[:max_items]
def _scrape_rss_feed(self, source_name: str, feed_url: str,
category: str, cutoff_time: datetime) -> List[Dict]:
"""Scrape a single RSS feed"""
news_items = []
try:
feed = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
for entry in feed.entries:
try:
# Parse timestamp
if hasattr(entry, 'published_parsed') and entry.published_parsed:
timestamp = datetime(*entry.published_parsed[:6])
elif hasattr(entry, 'updated_parsed') and entry.updated_parsed:
timestamp = datetime(*entry.updated_parsed[:6])
else:
timestamp = datetime.now()
# Skip old news
if timestamp < cutoff_time:
continue
# Extract title and summary
title = entry.get('title', 'No title')
summary = entry.get('summary', entry.get('description', ''))
# Clean HTML from summary
if summary:
soup = BeautifulSoup(summary, 'html.parser')
summary = soup.get_text().strip()
# Limit summary length
if len(summary) > 300:
summary = summary[:297] + '...'
# Determine impact and sentiment based on keywords
impact = self._determine_impact(title, summary)
sentiment = self._determine_sentiment(title, summary)
news_item = {
'title': title,
'summary': summary or title,
'source': source_name,
'url': entry.get('link', ''),
'timestamp': timestamp,
'category': category,
'impact': impact,
'sentiment': sentiment,
'is_breaking': self._is_breaking_news(title, summary),
'likes': 0, # No engagement data for RSS
'retweets': 0,
'reddit_score': 0,
'reddit_comments': 0
}
news_items.append(news_item)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error parsing entry from {source_name}: {e}")
continue
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error fetching RSS feed {feed_url}: {e}")
return news_items
def _determine_impact(self, title: str, summary: str) -> str:
"""Determine impact level based on keywords"""
text = f"{title} {summary}".lower()
high_impact_keywords = [
'breakthrough', 'announce', 'launch', 'release', 'new model',
'gpt', 'claude', 'gemini', 'llama', 'chatgpt',
'billion', 'trillion', 'acquisition', 'merger',
'regulation', 'ban', 'lawsuit', 'security breach',
'major', 'significant', 'revolutionary', 'first-ever'
]
medium_impact_keywords = [
'update', 'improve', 'enhance', 'study', 'research',
'partnership', 'collaboration', 'funding', 'investment',
'expands', 'grows', 'adopts', 'implements'
]
for keyword in high_impact_keywords:
if keyword in text:
return 'high'
for keyword in medium_impact_keywords:
if keyword in text:
return 'medium'
return 'low'
def _determine_sentiment(self, title: str, summary: str) -> str:
"""Determine sentiment based on keywords"""
text = f"{title} {summary}".lower()
positive_keywords = [
'breakthrough', 'success', 'achieve', 'improve', 'advance',
'innovative', 'revolutionary', 'launch', 'release', 'win',
'growth', 'expand', 'partnership', 'collaboration'
]
negative_keywords = [
'fail', 'issue', 'problem', 'concern', 'worry', 'risk',
'ban', 'lawsuit', 'breach', 'hack', 'leak', 'crisis',
'decline', 'loss', 'shutdown', 'controversy'
]
positive_count = sum(1 for kw in positive_keywords if kw in text)
negative_count = sum(1 for kw in negative_keywords if kw in text)
if positive_count > negative_count:
return 'positive'
elif negative_count > positive_count:
return 'negative'
else:
return 'neutral'
def _is_breaking_news(self, title: str, summary: str) -> bool:
"""Determine if news is breaking"""
text = f"{title} {summary}".lower()
breaking_indicators = [
'breaking', 'just announced', 'just released', 'just launched',
'alert', 'urgent', 'developing', 'live', 'now:'
]
return any(indicator in text for indicator in breaking_indicators)
def get_statistics(self) -> Dict:
"""Get statistics - returns empty for backward compatibility"""
return {
'total': 0,
'high_impact': 0,
'breaking': 0,
'last_update': 'Managed by cache',
'by_category': {
'ai': 0,
'tech': 0,
'research': 0
}
}
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