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Pete Pachal

Executives in a boardroom viewing a "Global AI Spending: Runaway Costs" dashboard with a large dollar figure

Corporate America is starting to ration AI as costs skyrocket

June 1, 2026

Companies that rushed to adopt AI are now scrambling to rein in costs as bills multiply faster than returns.

Read moreCorporate America is starting to ration AI as costs skyrocket
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Some Publishers are turning AI into a revenue stream through Snowflake

May 31, 2026

Snowflake's Cortex platform is helping publishers license content for AI use, and some are already closing six-figure deals.

Read moreSome Publishers are turning AI into a revenue stream through Snowflake
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New report finds wide disparity in AI tollbooths for publishers

May 31, 2026

The same companies building AI products that strip publishers of traffic are now writing the rules for AI licensing.

Read moreNew report finds wide disparity in AI tollbooths for publishers
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CNN sues Perplexity over alleged AI copyright theft

May 30, 2026

CNN is suing Perplexity, arguing that a company “valued at tens of billions of dollars” should pay for the journalism it exploits.

Read moreCNN sues Perplexity over alleged AI copyright theft
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Affiliate Marketing Faces a Reckoning as AI Overviews Reshape Traffic

May 27, 2026

Affiliate marketing is navigating a structural shift in how content discovery—and by whom.

Read moreAffiliate Marketing Faces a Reckoning as AI Overviews Reshape Traffic
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YouTube Will Auto-Label AI-Generated Videos, and Make Those Labels Harder to Miss

May 27, 2026

YouTube is moving from voluntary disclosure to automatic detection when it comes to AI-generated content.

Read moreYouTube Will Auto-Label AI-Generated Videos, and Make Those Labels Harder to Miss
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How AI search is rewriting the rules of discovery

May 26, 2026

Early data on what AI search actually cites suggests a better incentive system for media, if you know how to feed the bots.

Read moreHow AI search is rewriting the rules of discovery
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The end of 10 blue links is not the end of Google

May 21, 2026

Google’s AI search push may kill the old web traffic model, but it shows how firmly the company still controls the future of information.

Read moreThe end of 10 blue links is not the end of Google
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A startup that sells publisher content to AI companies is now worth $2.2 billion

May 21, 2026

Andreessen Horowitz led a funding round in the AI search startup months after a media researcher identified it as a key vendor in the unlicensed publisher content market.

Read moreA startup that sells publisher content to AI companies is now worth $2.2 billion
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OpenAI builds a new system to identify AI-generated images

May 20, 2026

SynthID watermarks and C2PA conformance are the backbone of a new effort, but OpenAI admits no single method is foolproof.

Read moreOpenAI builds a new system to identify AI-generated images
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