French media outlets have formally asked the Autorité de la Concurrence to intervene against Google's AI-generated article summaries, claiming they siphon traffic and revenue from original publishers.…
Three U.S. representatives introduced the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act in late July, a bipartisan bill authored by the News/Media Alliance that would require AI stealth crawlers to disclose their ident…
A Circle K customer in Canada posted a viral Reddit screenshot showing an AI-powered self-checkout machine that added an $8.5 billion donation to the American Red Cross to their bill for a hot dog and…
Google is adding an opt-out toggle in Search Console that lets publishers exclude their sites from being used in AI Mode and AI Overviews, while continuing to appear in regular Search results. Sites t…