OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic back shared AI scrape opt-out
Anthropic already honors the robots.txt token; Google and Microsoft plan support next year, and OpenAI says coming months.
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Meta may delay new business terms again past November 20
Existing terms stay in force while Meta consults publishers; the update was first set for October 30, then November 20.
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ChatGPT places OpenAI partner summaries ahead of ordinary web results
A Peec AI review of 1,000 cases found partner summaries named 70 percent of top-three ranked entries.
Google AI search features cut traffic for online publishers
Publishers cite click-through drops of up to 89 percent, while Google says search click volume stayed relatively stable.
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Meta delays new business terms to November 20 after publisher backlash
Terms first set for October 30 drew claims they could let Meta scrape publisher sites for AI training despite a wording change.
Meta drops “train” from commercial terms after backlash
Publisher groups want regulators to block the terms before October 30.
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Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
Meta removed terms language that appeared to allow scraping business sites for AI training.
Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
Meta’s October 30 commercial terms would let it scrape linked business sites to train AI, with no opt-out.
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Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Meta’s October 30 business terms let it crawl linked publisher sites to train AI models.
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Antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search dismissed by federal judge
A federal judge dismissed Chegg and Penske antitrust suits over Google AI Overviews cutting publisher traffic.
Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews
A federal judge dismissed Chegg and Penske Media antitrust suits over traffic lost to Google AI Overviews.
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Google's early attempt to pay websites for AI answers is struggling
Google's pilot paying publishers for AI Overview contributions is struggling amid tiny, opaque payouts and lawsuits.
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Google reportedly tests paying publishers for AI search results
Google is paying about 100 publishers for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini.
Pay Per Use: when AI uses your work, you should get paid
Cloudflare opened Pay Per Use in beta so publishers can charge when AI products use their content.
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Google is paying almost no publishers almost nothing for content used in AI answers
Google pays roughly 100 publishers small, opaque amounts for AI Overviews content amid an EU antitrust probe.
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Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says AI bots exceed half of web traffic and discusses pay-for-access controls.
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Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft
The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft over alleged unlicensed use of their journalism for AI training, joining a wave of publisher lawsuits.