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Meta removed the word "train" from its commercial terms of service following backlash over AI scraping of publisher content, prompting news organizations worldwide to urge regulators to intervene and block the changes.

Google is updating its AI search results to make inline links more prominent in AI Overviews and AI Mode, aiming to address concerns about reduced traffic to publishers, while also expanding its News AI licensing pilot to over 400 publishers.

USA Today and several of its local newspapers sued OpenAI, seeking over $250 million in damages, alleging the company copied hundreds of thousands of articles without permission to train its AI models.

美国联邦法官 Amit Mehta 驳回了 Chegg 和 Penske Media 对 Google 的反垄断诉讼，裁定 Google 在 AI Overviews 等产品中的行为不构成违法，这对担心 AI 搜索影响流量的出版商而言是一次挫败。

A federal judge dismissed antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media that accused Google of abusing its monopoly power by using publisher content for AI Overviews while diverting search traffic away from their sites. The ruling notes publishers' claims don't meet antitrust standards, even as Google faces ongoing scrutiny over AI search's impact on web traffic.

Google is reportedly testing a pilot program that pays around 100 publishers based on how much their content contributes to AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, with some participants earning over $1 million in a year, amid regulatory scrutiny over AI search's impact on web traffic.

UK publishers are lobbying to exclude ChatGPT and Perplexity from a mandatory search choice screen, arguing that these AI chatbots don't generate referral traffic like traditional search engines, which could define their regulatory classification.

Google introduces a 'Preferred Sources' button to help publishers combat traffic losses from AI-powered search, allowing readers to mark favorite sources for prioritized content in Search, Discover, and News. Additionally, Google is adding natural language customization for Discover feed and audio briefings.

Apple is reportedly in talks to pay publishers for content to power an AI-enhanced Siri, using a variable compensation model rather than fixed licensing fees, with a potential nine-figure budget.

Time Magazine has begun serving ads formatted as FAQs specifically designed to influence AI agents, using markdown pages and AI ad tech from Mobian to monetize growing bot traffic and shape AI-generated responses.

TIME is serving AI crawlers a stripped-down markdown version of its website with embedded sponsor content and ad-tracking, while humans get the full HTML page, revealing a hidden ad market targeting AI bots.

Google's AI Overviews have grown from appearing in 15% of searches to 43% in one year, and AI Mode visits doubled, indicating a rapid shift toward AI-powered search as the default, which is impacting publisher referral traffic.

The Vergecast discusses the 'Google Zero' phenomenon where Google's traffic to websites is declining, and the implications for publishers, AI deals, and the web ecosystem.

A group of major publishers and authors have filed a class action lawsuit against Google, accusing it of using copyrighted works to train its Gemini AI without permission and allegedly removing copyright information. The lawsuit adds to a growing wave of legal battles over AI training data, with previous rulings favoring AI companies on fair use grounds.

Netflix will host short-form videos from publishers like BuzzFeed and Condé Nast starting August 3rd, licensing past and new content to keep viewers on the platform.

35 newspaper publishers across the US have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the companies scraped their copyrighted and paywalled content without permission to train ChatGPT, harming local journalism.

NewsGuard launches an AI chatbot that aggregates news only from reliably rated sources and shares 50% of subscription revenue with publishers, aiming to combat misinformation and support journalism.

UK regulators ordered Google to add clearer links in AI Overviews and allow UK publishers to opt out of AI-generated search features, marking a significant intervention in AI search practices.

The UK has imposed legal guardrails requiring Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI search features like AI Overviews and AI Mode, giving publishers control over their content in generative AI search results.

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has ruled that Google must allow publishers to opt out of AI Search features like AI Overviews and prevent their content from being used to fine-tune Google's AI models, marking a world-first regulatory move.