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Inside AI traffic’s 796% growth, and why it converts more ready-to-buy visitors
WebFX reports a 796% growth in AI traffic from 2024 to 2025, with higher conversion rates, suggesting AI users are more decisive buyers.
Scott Turow and Five Publishers Sue Meta Over AI Training Data
Scott Turow and five major publishers sued Meta for using copyrighted books to train its Llama AI model. The complaint cites pirate sites and internal messages about sidestepping licensing deals.
AI is supercharging online abuse of women journalists, UN study finds
Reports of online violence against women journalists have doubled since 2020, with deepfakes and leaked intimate images driving a mental health crisis in newsrooms.
AI-generated ‘Epstein Files’ podcast hits 2 million downloads, raising alarms over invisible editorial judgment
A new automated series built from 3 million documents shows how synthetic voices can perform journalistic authority without anyone taking responsibility.
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Why liquid content is harder than it looks
AI can pour any story into any format. The hard parts come after the pour.
Spyware and AI surveillance targeting journalist on the rise, IFJ warns
Press freedom organization alarmed over 128 journalists killed in 2025. The tools targeting journalists are no longer limited to intelligence agencies.
Why winning AI search means understanding reader intent before the click
Referral clicks from AI portals tend to be more engaged, but that’s only half the story. Publishers that map intent inside the chatbot will be the ones that grow.
How AI is changing B2B media
In a world of fewer clicks and higher stakes, B2B media is being rebuilt around outcomes, not impressions.
GPT-5.5 Is ‘Our Smartest Model Yet,’ Says Company With History of Saying That
OpenAI's most capable model yet matches GPT-5.4 latency — while outperforming it across coding, science, and knowledge work benchmarks.