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Google’s Search for Its AI Future

By Erin Woo · Apr 16, 2025 6:00am PDT
Next week, a federal judge will start the process of determining how to fix Google’s search engine, which he ruled last summer was an illegal monopoly. No matter what he decides, though, artificial intelligence is already upending the future of Google Search. Over the past two years, as OpenAI’s ChatGPT has grown more popular, Google has... Next week, a federal judge will start the process of determining how to fix Google’s search...
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Creator Economy

How AI Could Eat Creators’ Affiliate Revenue

By Ann Gehan · Apr 10, 2025 2:00pm PDT
Creators are staring down what they say is a growing threat: artificial intelligence-powered searches cutting into their lucrative product recommendations. More people are turning to AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity to search the web for information and shopping inspiration, and Google has started adding more AI-powered features to its... Creators are staring down what they say is a growing threat: artificial intelligence-powered...
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Creator Economy

Google AI Overviews Are ‘Nail in the Coffin’ for Blogs: LTK Founder

By Julia Hornstein · Jun 11, 2024 2:23pm PDT
For the last 24 hours, Apple’s newly unveiled artificial intelligence features have sucked up much of the oxygen in the room when it comes to tech headlines (more on that here). As many journalists remarked, Apple is playing catch up to some of its rivals, notably Google, whose AI-infused products have been in the wild for months. That’s enough... For the last 24 hours, Apple’s newly unveiled artificial intelligence features have sucked up...
Art by Clark Miller.
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Google Is Paying About 100 Digital Publishers for AI Overviews

By Alix Coutures and Catherine Perloff · Sep 29, 2026 4:09pm PDT
Google has been paying roughly 100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI-powered answers to search and other products, according to people familiar with tests. The pilot program signals a further shift by the company toward paying publishers for content that shows up in its powerful search engine. Google has... Google has been paying roughly 100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to...