AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Publishers are losing Google traffic as AI answers replace links
The way your work shows up in a digital-dominated world is changing lightning fast, starting with the total collapse of Google Search traffic. Why it matters: Google has basically stopped sending people to websites (including our site) for answers and information. Instead, it's using AI to answer them on its platform, in its words. - Chartbeat data shared with Axios shows Google Search traffic to publishers fell 34% over the past year. - That pain is regressive. Over the past two years, small publishers lost 60% of referrals from search overall, medium publishers 47%, large publishers 22%. - This is a gut punch to all of us who operate online because people who search arrive with specific needs and intent, so they tend to be more…
The way your work shows up in a digital-dominated world is changing lightning fast, starting with the total collapse of Google Search traffic. Why it matters: Google has basically stopped sending people to websites (including our site) for answers and information. Instead, it's using AI to answer them on its platform, in its words. - Chartbeat data shared with Axios shows Google Search traffic to publishers fell 34% over the past year. - That pain is regressive. Over the past two years, small publishers lost 60% of referrals from search overall, medium publishers 47%, large publishers 22%. - This is a gut punch to all of us who operate online because people who search arrive with specific needs and intent, so they tend to be more…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Maegan Vazquez) - Publishers sue Meta, claiming it violated copyrights in training AI with their books
The plaintiffs allege that Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg “personally authorized and actively encouraged” copyright infringement.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Zuckerberg faces lawsuit from five publishers for using copyrighted materials to train AI
The five publishers allege that Meta's software engineers used pirated books and journal articles to train the company's AI model, Llama.
NYTIMES (Alexandra Alter) - Five Publishers and Scott Turow Sue Meta and Mark Zuckerberg
The class-action lawsuit accuses the tech giant and its founder and chief executive of infringing on authors’ copyrights.