YouTube tightens monetization rules around AI slop
YouTube now bars monetization for three types of inauthentic content, including generic AI videos, distressing clips and AI personas discussing health or finance.
AI accuracy is Google’s problem—until it becomes a publisher’s
Newsrooms can't dictate what Google's AI does their work, but they can shape how it reads.
Google delists then reinstates Press Gazette investigation into AI-generated news stories
Second time this year Google has removed news stories after anonymous complaints only to reverse course after media queries
German court rules Google is liable for false answers in AI Overviews
A German court says Google is on the hook when its AI Overviews wrong.
UK publishers can now opt out of Google AI Overveiws
The CMA says the opt-out mechanism is designed to give publishers negotiating power, not just traffic control.
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The click is dying but the citation just got more valuable
Google's new AI ad formats could weaken publisher traffic further. But advertisers need credible answers, and that gives media new leverage.
The end of 10 blue links is not the end of Google
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.
Google declares the end of the ’10 blue links’ era with AI search overhaul
Google I/O unveiled the biggest change to Search in 25 years — and it starts this week.
Google tags AI overview links from publications you subscribe to
Google will now label AI search results from publications you pay for, part of a broader citation update.
Court dismisses Arkansas publishers’ antitrust suit against Google
A federal judge tossed an antitrust case against Google, not because Google is innocent, but because the claims came too late.