AI systems prefer their own texts: study warns of "anti-human bias" 🚩Scientists have shown that large language models prefer the content of other AI systems. What humans can learn from this. www.heise.de/en/news/AI-s... #LLM #AIContent #AITexts #GEO #LLMO

Data analysis: Google's AI overviews cause up to 25 percent drop in traffic 🚩Publisher network contradicts Google's claim that AI summarization will not lead to a drop in traffic. www.heise.de/en/news/Data... #AIOverviews #AIMode #Google #SEO #GEO

⚠️Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites. 🤨 blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-i... #Perplexity #AICrawler #PerplexityBot

Is SEO Dead? 👉 Real Data vs. Internet Hysteria. 😎 ahrefs.com/blog/is-seo-... #SEO #GEO #LLMO #AIO

Anthropic has blocked OpenAI from accessing its Claude models via API, citing a breach of contract just as GPT-5 approaches release. 🚩Anthropic says OpenAI's technical teams used Claude Code for internal testing ahead of GPT-5. the-decoder.com/anthropic-bl... #OpenAI #Anthropic #ClaudeAI #GPT-5

Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers: 🚩Publishers say can't opt out from Google using their content for AI Overviews 🚩Google says new AI features in search create opportunities for businesses 🤷 www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... #AIOverviews #AIMode #Google

Here are the letters that convinced Google and Apple to keep TikTok online

Cloudflare will now block AI crawlers by default

Study: Is AI changing human language? 🚩 Within a short space of time, the use of large language models has changed the way people use language, warn researchers. The consequences could be far-reaching. 🙄 www.heise.de/en/news/Stud... #LLM #ChatGPT #AIAgents #HumanLanguage

ChatGPT might be draining your brain: 🚩A new MIT study suggests that using AI writing assistants like ChatGPT can lead to what researchers call "cognitive debt" - a state where outsourcing mental effort weakens learning and critical thinking. 🧐 the-decoder.com/mit-study-sh... #ChatGPT #MIT #LLM

Is Google about to destroy the web? 🚩Google says a new AI tool on its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. 🤨 www.bbc.com/future/artic... #AIMode #AIOverviews #Google #LLMO #SEO

Anthropic launches new Claude Gov service for military and intelligence use: 🚩The AI models have looser guardrails for government use and are trained to better analyze classified information. 🤔 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... #Anthropic #ChatGPTGov #ClaudeGov #ClaudeAI #LLM

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has a scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us: 🚩AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years. 🧐 www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a... #Anthropic #AIRevolution #LLM #Layoffs

Judge Examines Steps to Limit Google’s Reach in AI Arms Race: 🚩Lawyers began making closing arguments Friday in landmark antitrust case over online search market, future of artificial intelligence 🤔 www.wsj.com/tech/google-... #Google #AIMode #AIOverviews #AISearch #GoogleGemini #GEO

Is Google's new AI Mode feature theft? 🚩The News/Media Alliance, trade association representing news media organizations in the U.S. and Canada, certainly thinks so... 🤔 mashable.com/article/news... #AIMode #AIOverviews #GoogleSearch #SEO #GEO

Microsoft Notepad can now write for you using generative AI

Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4: 👉 Claude 4 AI models are better at coding and reasoning. Anthropic says Claude 4 worked autonomously for seven hours in customer tests. 💯 www.theverge.com/news/672705/... #LLM #ClaudeAI #Claude4 #Anthropic

AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search: AI Overviews were just the start — 🚩Google is already preparing for a world where all search is AI search. 🧐 www.theverge.com/google-io/67... #GoogleIO #AIMode #AIOverviews #AISearch #SEO #LLMO

All of the big Search updates from #GoogleIO, including… 🤖 AI Mode is launching for everyone in the US this week 🤖 Google’s play for more commerce activity includes automated purchases 🤖 Search Live, a dynamic back-and-forth on what you’re viewing, launches this summer For the rest, head here 👇

OpenAI’s planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco

A Free People Need a Free Press: 🚩 The role of a free and independent press in a healthy democracy is under direct attack, with increasingly aggressive efforts to curtail and punish independent journalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o... #FreePress #Democracy

Threat actors in UK retail attacks are targeting US sector: 🚨Google Threat Intelligence researchers say the hackers behind intrusions at British retailers are launching similar social engineering attacks against American companies. www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/threat-... #USRetail #Cybercrime

Trump agrees deal for UAE to build largest AI campus outside US: 🚩Agreement that would give Gulf country better access to advanced AI chips raises concerns over Chinese influence. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #UAE #AIChips #Nvidia #Trump #China

OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT: Codex can handle multiple software engineering tasks simultaneously, says OpenAI…😬 techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/o... #OpenAI #Codex #ChatGPT #LLM

Anthropic is forced to apologize after Claude undercuts its legal Team: 🚩Anthropic has admitted in an ongoing copyright lawsuit that its own chatbot, Claude, fabricated a source that was later used as evidence in court. the-decoder.com/anthropic-is... #LLM #ClaudeAI #Anthropic #AIHallucinations

"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reportedly reviewing a pitch for a reality TV show in which immigrants compete for the chance to fast-track their path to U.S. citizenship." 🤨 👉 What's next? Thought "Running Man" was an 80s movie... www.newsweek.com/dhs-reality-... #DHS #Trump #Migrants

Threads now lets creators add up to 5 links to profiles, track clicks

One privacy watchdog has threatened to pursue a potentially billion-dollar class action to block Meta's AI training.

Perplexity partners with PayPal for in-chat shopping as AI race heats up: 🚩U.S. consumers will soon be able to book travel, buy products and secure concert tickets on Perplexity’s chat interface. 🤔 www.cnbc.com/2025/05/14/p... #Perplexity #ChatGPT #LLM #AISearch

Google Links To Itself: 43% Of AI Overviews Point Back To Google 📈 👉 Longer search queries and low-volume keywords trigger AIOs more often. 👉 About 30% of queries trigger AIOs. www.searchenginejournal.com/google-links... #AIO #AIOverviews #GoogleSearch #SEO #GoogleGemini

With AI-driven fraud on the rise, turning yourself into a "human CAPTCHA" can be a fairly effective approach to operational security.

Google is reportedly getting ready to unveil several new AI features at its upcoming I/O developer conference. 👉 Among them is an AI assistant aimed at software development, known internally as the "Software Development Lifecycle Agent." the-decoder.com/google-is-re... #GoogleIO #IO25 #AIAgents #LLM

Google is reportedly planning to unveil a Pinterest alternative at I/O 2025: It reportedly shows users image results, based on their queries, that can give them ideas for fashion and interior design. 🆕 www.engadget.com/big-tech/goo... #GoogleIO #Google #Pinterest

Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again: 👉 After years of depicting Klarna as an AI-first company, the fintech’s CEO reversed himself, telling Bloomberg the company was once again recruiting humans after the AI approach led to “lower quality.” fortune.com/2025/05/09/k... #AI #LLM #Klarna

Coca-Cola used AI for an ad about famous authors' iconic books, promptly attributed a book to JG Ballard that he didn't write: www.404media.co/ai-powered-c...

Italy's Moltiply sues Google in 3 billion euro lawsuit over market dominance: 🚩Its claim argues that Google's actions hindered the growth of its subsidiary 7Pixel between 2010 and 2017, favouring Google Shopping instead. www.reuters.com/sustainabili... #Google #GoogleShopping #Moltiply #7Pixel

🚩OpenAI is planning a major overhaul of its corporate structure as it prepares for a possible IPO, but its most important backer, Microsoft, is setting conditions—and the relationship remains tense. the-decoder.com/microsoft-co... #OpenAI #ChatGPT #IPO #Microsoft

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: ChatGPT will ‘probably not’ replace Google as top search engine 🔍 🧐 www.geekwire.com/2025/openai-... #ChatGPT #OpenAI #AISearch #Google #SEO

🦙 Meta's new 'optional' AI chatbot in apps like Whatsapp is proving controversial: 🚩"The fact that the feature cannot be disabled is a clear violation of the obligation of Meta to implement measures that respect user privacy by design." www.euronews.com/next/2025/05... #Llama #MetaAI #WhatsApp #LLM

A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse: 🚩A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why. 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t... #LLM #ChatGPT #ClaudeAI #OpenAI #Anthropic

Red alert at Google... 🚨"Google Disputes News That Search Engine Use Is Falling: Google pushed back on a news report suggesting Search traffic is declining, saying query volume is still growing." 🧐 www.searchenginejournal.com/google-dispu... #LLM #LLMO #GoogleSearch #SEO #Apple

For anyone who wasn't able to attend SEO Week in NYC, I did my best to summarize the major takeaways. There were 40 talks, so I was only able to capture some of the conference. (There was way too much brilliance for a single blog post!) lilyray.nyc/seo-in-the-a...

Cloudflare CEO: AI is killing the business model of the web 🚩 Google's value exchange with content creators has collapsed – and the web's business model is cracking, according to Matthew Prince. 💯 searchengineland.com/ai-killing-w... #Cloudflare #Google #GoogleSearch #LLM #AISearch #SEO

🔥 Alphabet shares sink 8% after Apple’s Cue says AI will replace search engines: 👉 Cue said he expects to add the artificial intelligence services from OpenAI, Perplexity and Anthropic as search options in Apple's Safari browser in the future. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/07/a... #Apple #SEO #Google #LLM

Mistral claims its newest AI model delivers leading performance for the price: 🚩 French AI startup Mistral is releasing a new AI model, Mistral Medium 3, that’s focused on efficiency without compromising performance. 💯 techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/m... #Mistral #LLM #MistralMedium3

ChatGPT sees about 50 percent more use on weekdays than weekends: 👉 ChatGPT is now among the most-visited websites in the world. According to Similarweb, the AI service logged 4.786 billion visits in April 2025. 📈 the-decoder.com/chatgpt-sees... #ChatGPT #LLM #OpenAI #AIMarket

Doug Feith's Office of Special Plans, but stupider. "The classified message asked agencies, whose tools include surveillance satellites...intercepts and spies...to identify people in Greenland and Denmark who support U.S. objectives for the island." www.wsj.com/world/greenl...

OpenAI Adds Shopping to ChatGPT in a Challenge to Google: 👉 OpenAI is launching a shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, complete with product picks and buy buttons. 🛒 www.wired.com/story/openai... #ChatGPT #OpenAI #LLM #AISearch #GoogleShopping #SEO

Semrush AI Overviews Study: What 2025 SEO Data Tells Us About Google’s Search Shift 🔍 👉 AI Overviews are on the rise: 13.14% of all queries triggered AI Overviews in March 2025. That’s up from 6.49% in January 2025. www.semrush.com/blog/semrush... #AIOverviews #GoogleSearch #SEO #LLM #Gemini

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Has a Problem: It’s Too Accurate for Conservatives. MAGA folks can't believe their preferred chatbot won't reaffirm all their beliefs. 😆 gizmodo.com/elon-musks-g... #Grok #xAI #LLM #Musk #MAGA