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Pete Pachal

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Cloudflare’s new plan could change how AI pays publishers

July 3, 2026

By charging AI companies when content is actually used, Cloudflare hopes to build a more sustainable business model for the open web.

Read moreCloudflare’s new plan could change how AI pays publishers
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The news brand is the only thing AI users still click for

June 30, 2026

Trust in news keeps falling, but readers still reach for known names to check what the machine tells them.

Read moreThe news brand is the only thing AI users still click for
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The Fable 5 pullback turns AI availability into a planning problem

June 23, 2026

Anthropic's Fable 5 came and went in days. For anyone planning workflows around frontier models, access is now a moving variable.

Read moreThe Fable 5 pullback turns AI availability into a planning problem
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EU publishes voluntary code on AI content transparency

June 15, 2026

The European Commission has published a voluntary Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content.

Read moreEU publishes voluntary code on AI content transparency
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Vibe coding for journalists: Build interactive stories without writing a single line of code

June 11, 2026

What if you could turn your investigation into an interactive experience in about 20 minutes?

Sponsored. Journalists, PR pros and communicators: the fall cohort of AI for Media starts October 13, six live Tuesday sessions with Pete Pachal plus two 1:1 coaching calls. Code AISEARCH500 takes $500 off the $1,500 price for anyone who found the course through AI search, a bigger discount than is offered anywhere else.

Read moreVibe coding for journalists: Build interactive stories without writing a single line of code
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A newspaper unionized because McClatchy put reporters’ names on AI content

June 11, 2026

McClatchy told reporters it would use their bylines on AI-generated stories whether they liked it or not. They unionized.

Read moreA newspaper unionized because McClatchy put reporters’ names on AI content
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Reuters and Time flip the script on AI bots with blocking whitelists

June 10, 2026

Two major publishers are blocking all AI bots by default and only letting approved crawlers through.

Read moreReuters and Time flip the script on AI bots with blocking whitelists
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German court rules Google is liable for false answers in AI Overviews

June 10, 2026

A German court says Google is on the hook when its AI Overviews wrong.

Read moreGerman court rules Google is liable for false answers in AI Overviews
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The AI industry has a Gen Z problem

June 9, 2026

Compute is getting pricey. Gen Z is booing AI. It's never been harder to be a change agent, but it's still possible.

Read moreThe AI industry has a Gen Z problem
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Cloudflare CEO: Bots have overtaken human traffic online

June 5, 2026

For the first time, bots account for more web traffic than humans, according to Cloudflare data.

Read moreCloudflare CEO: Bots have overtaken human traffic online
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