AI shopping assistants are cutting reviewers out of the sale
A test with Meta's Muse shows how AI recommendations can lean on a reviewer's work while sending the sale somewhere else.
AI is changing which journalists matter to PR
PR teams now measure how often AI cites a reporter's work, and that's an opening for beat journalists and the outlets that back them.
Publishers finally have AI buyers but no say in the price
A real market for AI inference is forming, with payment rails to match. What publishers still lack is leverage.
Stop asking AI to make the old thing faster
Opportunity AI asks what your audience could get from you that they never could before.
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Every new AI launch is making the backlash worse
Every new AI release lands the same way: better tool, more backlash. For newsrooms, the fix is a name someone can actually hold responsible.
Publishers don’t need to trust AI companies to work with them
The instinct to block AI bots understandable, but verifying bots protects your content while letting you compete for AI visibility.
The Druckenmiller op-ed proves AI detection was never the point
A billionaire's AI-written op-ed set off a credibility fight that no detector could have prevented.
Publishers are fighting the wrong battle against AI
Keeping unauthorized AI crawlers out is an increasingly difficult game. That should change what publishers spend their energy fighting for.
Brands are the biggest winners of ChatGPT’s traffic surge
OpenAI is quietly building an ad model on ChatGPT clicks, and publishers are footing the credibility bill.
Time starts selling ad space that only bots can see
Time is selling ads made for AI crawlers instead of people, and the model raises as many questions as it answers about disclosure and trust.