Major technology companies are currently engaged in an unbridled, lawless scramble for the most valuable data, harvesting material even when its authors expressly forbid its use by artificial-intelligence firms. Everyone has played dirty at some point, but Perplexity appears to be the worst offender, so media outlets and businesses that already have agreements with the company should ask themselves whether partnering with an organisation that shows not the slightest trace of ethics is advisable.
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First major lawsuit in Europe against Google over its use of AI in its search engine
It finally seems something is shifting over AI Overviews and Google’s latest exercise of market power. Reuters has exclusively revealed that a group of independent publishers has filed an antitrust complaint, largely because there is no effective way to opt-out of Google’s AI without completely destroying traffic from Google Search.
(more…)At last, someone stands up for content creators in their battle with AI
Content creators have found a new superhero in Cloudflare and the good news is that it already handles around 20 % of all internet traffic.
(more…)Cloudflare CEO calls AI an “existential threat” to content creators
AI, and more specifically Google, is breaking the Internet as we know it today. In this post, Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, has once again emphasised that quality content creators are not being adequately protected. According to this executive, when a search engine integrates AI in its current form, it practically sends no traffic back to the source, contradicting what Google claims.
(more…)How to access AI overviews data
Google does not provide figures for its AI Overviews because it claims the project is still liable to change. The truth, however, is that the data would not work in its favour, even though the company could publish them in the not-too-distant future. All that changes now thanks to Sistrix: content creators no longer have to wait for Google’s goodwill, because these metrics are already within reach.
(more…)WordPress forms its official Artificial Intelligence (AI) team
We already knew that WordPress.com was betting everything on artificial intelligence (AI). Evidence of this was the launch of its new AI-based product, which lets you start a site from scratch with great ease. The latest development is that an AI team has been formally established within WordPress, whose aim is to accelerate and coordinate AI projects across the entire WordPress ecosystem.
(more…)OpenAI is reportedly considering charging up to $20,000 a month for its top AI agent
Several American media outlets are echoing a report from The Information indicating that OpenAI may be planning to charge as much as $20,000 per month for its specialised AI agent tool.
(more…)New York Times approves certain uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the newsroom
According to Semafor, The New York Times (NYT), one of the most combative outlets against big tech companies that use generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), has allegedly given the green light to using AI within the newsroom for tasks not directly related to news stories, such as social media texts and SEO-optimized headlines, among others.
(more…)The Guardian and OpenAI: new agreement between the tech giant and the publishing industry
The Guardian Media Group is the latest major media outlet to enter into an agreement with OpenAI, following in the footsteps of others. Under this deal, both parties will benefit: OpenAI gains access to the quality journalism produced by the renowned British newspaper.
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