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From January 2027, data from Google's search engine is also to be made available to AI chatbot developers. The outcome of the dispute will determine whether alternative search engines and AI assistants get better tools to compete for users.
Publishers lost 40.2% of their Google traffic in a year, and AI answers are keeping more and more users inside the search engine. We show what this means for companies looking for customers online.
The judge noted the harm cited by publishers in connection with AI answers in search, but found that they had not shown a violation of antitrust law. At the same time, the rates Google pays some websites for content used by AI came to light.
Google pays some publishers a fraction of a per mille of ad revenue, Cloudflare has launched content usage fees in beta, and a US court dismissed the lawsuits against Google. For companies investing in content, this is a signal that licenses will not quickly replace lost traffic.
Fake warnings on Facebook redirected users to Google’s official store. Programs installed there could quietly charge the phone bill.
Publishers in the Chartbeat network lost 40 percent of their Google traffic in a year, while Search Console can at the same time show their pages in position 1. We looked into why this happens and what to report to management instead of rankings.
Ads in ChatGPT are appearing in a growing share of conversations, and the industry is urging optimization for AI answers. We examined which numbers are hard data and how to sensibly split budget and attention between these two paths.
It is the fourth update of this type this year and the one with the longest rollout window in 2026. Part of the industry is linking it to SAFE, Google’s new system for detecting mass-produced AI content, although there is no evidence for that.
The signatories of the open letter warn that attacks supported by artificial intelligence will soon become more frequent and more advanced. The appeal was preceded by a series of incidents in which AI agents independently broke into companies.
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