What YouTube and Substack got right and wrong about AI slop
Two platforms announced two very different playbooks for handling AI slop, and one is going to age better than the other.
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Google puts Top Stories inside AI Overviews, with a catch for publishers
Google now embeds publisher Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews on 15-17% of trending news searches in the US and UK.
Judge allows Reddit’s data scraping lawsuit against Perplexity to procee
A Manhattan judge advanced most of Reddit's copyright and conspiracy claims against Perplexity and three data-scraping firms over AI training data.
EU makes AI labels mandatory on authentic-looking images, audio and text
Starting August 2, companies must mark synthetic content designed to look real with visible AI labels and digital watermarks or face fines.
Time starts building ads for AI agents as bot traffic overtakes humans
Time is placing brand FAQs inside markdown pages aimed at AI crawlers, with Ally Bank and the Project Management Institute among its first buyers.
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AI “Earthquake” hits UK publisher digital revenue in Q1
UK publishers' total digital revenue fell 4.55% in Q1 2026 after four straight quarters of growth, driven partly by AI answers.
Reuters, BBC and Guardian chart distinct newsroom paths for using AI tools
Reuters, the BBC and The Guardian are adopting AI according to their distinct commercial, public-service and editorial mandates.
What 600,000 AI sessions reveal about the content that wins AI traffic
An analysis of 600,000 AI sessions reveals homepages drive 31% of AI traffic.
AI chat ads struggle to win consumer trust
A global survey found AI chat advertising still faces skepticism over quality, placement and brand safety.
ChatGPT blocks author-style requests as publishing safeguards tighten
OpenAI’s chatbot now redirects direct author-style requests, raising fresh questions for publishers about imitation, authorship and editorial AI rules.