Publishers face Oct. 30 deadline over Meta’s updated crawling terms
Campaigners are urging publishers to review Meta’s new commercial terms before they take effect Oct. 30.
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Meta’s new business terms could allow news-site scraping for AI training
Meta’s updated commercial terms could give the company a new argument for scraping websites tied to business accounts, legal experts say.
Publishers test AI search strategies as Google referrals fall 40%
Google referrals to publishers fell 40% in a year as some outlets experiment with ways to improve visibility in AI-generated answers.
Reach signs Google AI partnership for UK and Irish news content
Reach has announced a partnership with Google that gives Google enhanced content rights to news across its UK and Ireland portfolio.
NYT, AFP and The Economist join SPUR coalition on AI content use
More than 40 publishers joined SPUR, expanding the coalition to over 80 members across more than 20 countries.
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USA Today Co. sues OpenAI for $250 million over use of articles from 19 publications
USA Today Co. seeks $250 million, alleging OpenAI used hundreds of thousands of articles without permission or payment.
Chatbots: A ‘truth oracle’?
Princeton’s Arvind Narayanan said chatbots could become a default source for facts within a decade, though the shift is not inevitable.
SPUR releases AI content tracking standard, invites tech firms to advisory board
The publisher coalition wants a common way to track when AI systems retrieve, use, cite and present publisher content.
Appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters AI copyright win
The 3rd Circuit upheld Thomson Reuters’ win in the first federal appeals case rejecting fair use for AI training on publisher content.
More than 300 publishers press Congress on stealth bot bill
Publishers are lobbying for a federal bill that would require stealth crawlers to identify themselves and disclose their purpose.