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Google faces French complaint as AI summaries cut traffic up to 38%: Publishers invoke 2022 commitments that bind Google until July 2027, filed 20 days after AI Overviews reached France. Will the Autorité reopen negotiations? https://ppc.land/google-faces-french-complaint-as-ai-summaries-cut-traffic-up-to-38/ #Google #AIsummaries #DigitalPrivacy #TrafficDecline #MediaRights

With the way many SEO agencies appear to be misrepresenting what AI Overviews are, how they are produced, it seems like it's only a matter of time before they convince some client to do something really stupid. AI Overviews start with what is in the search results.

They are summaries of the information the search engine has indexed. Yes, sometimes the models hallucinate and make up stuff. But most hallucinations come from conflating opposing or contradictory information and opinions found in the search results.

Parody and satire in the sources have led to many a fascinating and sometimes humorous AI generation. One can argue that it's on the search engines to figure out which sources to trust. But they DO make that attempt (I'm not saying it's enough).

And that leads to yet more misinformation coming out of the SEO world. Simply flooding the index with listicles isn't enough to ensure that an AI summary will say what you want it to say.

What we've been telling our premium newsletter subscribers for a long time now is that they need mentions on highly reputable sites (and I'm NOT talking about "domain authority" and all that nonsense). But they also have to publish reliable, authoritative information (not simply rehashes of whatever their freelancers or AI tools find on the Web).

We now see a lot of SEO agencies offering that same advice. And that's a good thing. But the disconnect between these two positions is making it hard for people to understand what is happening in the search results.

The AI summaries ALWAYS start with what is in the search results. You don't have control over what they will say. And every search produces a relatively unique experience for the user based on their search context. You can't control that. You can't influence it.

At best, you can target a range of user search contexts to which you want your content to be relevant.

#seo #ai #bing #google #search #searchengines #searchengineoptimization #content #aioverviews #aisummaries #marketing

With the way many SEO agencies appear to be misrepresenting what AI Overviews are, how they are produced, it seems like it's only a matter of time before they convince some client to do something really stupid. AI Overviews start with what is in the search results.

They are summaries of the information the search engine has indexed. Yes, sometimes the models hallucinate and make up stuff. But most hallucinations come from conflating opposing or contradictory information and opinions found in the search results.

Parody and satire in the sources have led to many a fascinating and sometimes humorous AI generation. One can argue that it's on the search engines to figure out which sources to trust. But they DO make that attempt (I'm not saying it's enough).

And that leads to yet more misinformation coming out of the SEO world. Simply flooding the index with listicles isn't enough to ensure that an AI summary will say what you want it to say.

What we've been telling our premium newsletter subscribers for a long time now is that they need mentions on highly reputable sites (and I'm NOT talking about "domain authority" and all that nonsense). But they also have to publish reliable, authoritative information (not simply rehashes of whatever their freelancers or AI tools find on the Web).

We now see a lot of SEO agencies offering that same advice. And that's a good thing. But the disconnect between these two positions is making it hard for people to understand what is happening in the search results.

The AI summaries ALWAYS start with what is in the search results. You don't have control over what they will say. And every search produces a relatively unique experience for the user based on their search context. You can't control that. You can't influence it.

At best, you can target a range of user search contexts to which you want your content to be relevant.

#seo #ai #bing #google #search #searchengines #searchengineoptimization #content #aioverviews #aisummaries #marketing

#Reddit shares fell 9% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is considering ending its #contentdeal with #Google for #AItraining. The deal, worth $60 million annually, is expiring soon, and Reddit is reevaluating its benefits as Google’s #AIsummaries impact #searchtraffic. This comes amid a broader trend of media companies reassessing their relationships with AI giants. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/reddit-stock-google-ai-content-deal.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#Reddit shares fell 9% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is considering ending its #contentdeal with #Google for #AItraining. The deal, worth $60 million annually, is expiring soon, and Reddit is reevaluating its benefits as Google’s #AIsummaries impact #searchtraffic. This comes amid a broader trend of media companies reassessing their relationships with AI giants. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/reddit-stock-google-ai-content-deal.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

News Summary: Tim Ferriss Warns AI Is Killing Nonfiction Sales; Substack Launches Creator Sponsorship Program

Before I get to Substack, I'll start with another story signposted by Jane Friedman this week. Be patient, it's relevant. Tim Ferriss is one of those "public thinkers" most of us will know from somewhere, whether that's the game-changing and hugely successful book The 4-Hour Workweek (and subsequent "Four Hour" titles) whose wisdoms many of us have spent so many more than four hours a week trying to implement in our lives, or his equally influential productivity and lifestyle podcast. If anyone is going to make a success of self-help writing, it's Tim.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/tim-ferriss-warns-ai-is-killing-nonfiction-sales/

#1000truefans #AIsummaries #CreatorKits #nonfictionsalesdecline #selfhelppublishing

News Summary: Tim Ferriss Warns AI Is Killing Nonfiction Sales; Substack Launches Creator Sponsorship Program

Before I get to Substack, I'll start with another story signposted by Jane Friedman this week. Be patient, it's relevant. Tim Ferriss is one of those "public thinkers" most of us will know from somewhere, whether that's the game-changing and hugely successful book The 4-Hour Workweek (and subsequent "Four Hour" titles) whose wisdoms many of us have spent so many more than four hours a week trying to implement in our lives, or his equally influential productivity and lifestyle podcast. If anyone is going to make a success of self-help writing, it's Tim.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/tim-ferriss-warns-ai-is-killing-nonfiction-sales/

#1000truefans #AIsummaries #CreatorKits #nonfictionsalesdecline #selfhelppublishing

Whoa! This could become a BIG deal .....

German court ruled Google Is liable for false statements generated by AI overviews presented in AI powered search results.

The ruling indicates that when an AI generates new statements that do not appear directly in its original sources, the company that designs, trains, operates, and manages the system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by those statements.

Further the Court held, correcting misinformation is not the responsibility of third parties. Google is the only entity with the ability to modify the technology underpinning its AI-generated summaries and, therefore, “must be held accountable.”

https://www.wired.com/story/a-court-has-ruled-that-google-is-liable-for-false-statements-generated-by-ai-overviews/ #AI #Google #AISearch #Internet #Liability #Falsehoods #FalseStatements #LLMs #AITraining #LegalPrecendent #ChatBots #Lawsuit #AISummaries #Law

Whoa! This could become a BIG deal .....

German court ruled Google Is liable for false statements generated by AI overviews presented in AI powered search results.

The ruling indicates that when an AI generates new statements that do not appear directly in its original sources, the company that designs, trains, operates, and manages the system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by those statements.

Further the Court held, correcting misinformation is not the responsibility of third parties. Google is the only entity with the ability to modify the technology underpinning its AI-generated summaries and, therefore, “must be held accountable.”

https://www.wired.com/story/a-court-has-ruled-that-google-is-liable-for-false-statements-generated-by-ai-overviews/ #AI #Google #AISearch #Internet #Liability #Falsehoods #FalseStatements #LLMs #AITraining #LegalPrecendent #ChatBots #Lawsuit #AISummaries #Law

For the record, I'm still going to talk about Answer Engine Optimization because there ARE answer engines out there. They use search engines (as I've been saying all along) but the first step in #AEO is to be indexed and ranking well enough in the search engines that the answer engines are using, such that they'll use your content.

Publishers have to face reality. The LLMs are trained on SOME of your content, yes, but they're getting your content for their answers from the search engines. If you want to be found in Web search, you have to be indexed in the search engines. If you want to be found in AI summaries or AI chats, you have to be indexed in the search engines.

And if you don't want to play in that sandbox, you still have social media, video platforms, and advertising to work with.

#seo #searchengines #searchengineoptimization #answerengines #ai #aisummaries #aioverviews #machinelearning #marketing

For the record, I'm still going to talk about Answer Engine Optimization because there ARE answer engines out there. They use search engines (as I've been saying all along) but the first step in #AEO is to be indexed and ranking well enough in the search engines that the answer engines are using, such that they'll use your content.

Publishers have to face reality. The LLMs are trained on SOME of your content, yes, but they're getting your content for their answers from the search engines. If you want to be found in Web search, you have to be indexed in the search engines. If you want to be found in AI summaries or AI chats, you have to be indexed in the search engines.

And if you don't want to play in that sandbox, you still have social media, video platforms, and advertising to work with.

#seo #searchengines #searchengineoptimization #answerengines #ai #aisummaries #aioverviews #machinelearning #marketing

Your AI chatbot - no matter how well-trained - is NOT "a domain expert" or some kind of profession no matter how you word your prompts . It's an application that searches the Web and spits back probabilistically amalgamated summaries of whatever it found in the search results that seem to match your questions.

#ai #chatbots #llms #machinelearning #seo #searchengineoptimization #aioverviews #aisummaries #aichat #algorithms

Your AI chatbot - no matter how well-trained - is NOT "a domain expert" or some kind of profession no matter how you word your prompts . It's an application that searches the Web and spits back probabilistically amalgamated summaries of whatever it found in the search results that seem to match your questions.

#ai #chatbots #llms #machinelearning #seo #searchengineoptimization #aioverviews #aisummaries #aichat #algorithms

The Large Language Models are not retrieving information from the Web. They are submitting queries to the search engines. If the search results contain bad results the LLMs =MAY= ignore those bad results or they =MAY= include them in their summaries. That's not "hallucination". And if the results change because you use a different LLM or revise YOUR query, again, that's not the LLM being ignorant or hallucinating - that's just the LLM summarizing the results it was given by the search engine.

Most of the problems with AI Overviews are coming from the search results because Google has the largest index of all the major search engines and it's very tolerant of multiple points of view.

#searchengines #google #llms #machinelearning #aioverviews #seo #searchengineoptimization #aisummaries

The Large Language Models are not retrieving information from the Web. They are submitting queries to the search engines. If the search results contain bad results the LLMs =MAY= ignore those bad results or they =MAY= include them in their summaries. That's not "hallucination". And if the results change because you use a different LLM or revise YOUR query, again, that's not the LLM being ignorant or hallucinating - that's just the LLM summarizing the results it was given by the search engine.

Most of the problems with AI Overviews are coming from the search results because Google has the largest index of all the major search engines and it's very tolerant of multiple points of view.

#searchengines #google #llms #machinelearning #aioverviews #seo #searchengineoptimization #aisummaries

Sharing again. This is the most recent article on SEO Theory.

"AI Summaries Have Created 2 Unsolvable SEO Problems"

#ai #aisummaries #searchengineoptimization #seo #webmarketing #google #bing #aioverviews

https://www.seo-theory.com/ai-summaries-have-created-2-unsolvable-seo-problems/

Sharing again. This is the most recent article on SEO Theory.

"AI Summaries Have Created 2 Unsolvable SEO Problems"

#ai #aisummaries #searchengineoptimization #seo #webmarketing #google #bing #aioverviews

https://www.seo-theory.com/ai-summaries-have-created-2-unsolvable-seo-problems/

#Gmail is making #AI features like #HelpMeWrite, #SuggestedReplies, and #AIsummaries #free for all personal accounts. These features, previously requiring a subscription, are now rolling out to US users and will be available globally soon. https://9to5google.com/2026/01/08/gmail-ai-free-features/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#Gmail is making #AI features like #HelpMeWrite, #SuggestedReplies, and #AIsummaries #free for all personal accounts. These features, previously requiring a subscription, are now rolling out to US users and will be available globally soon. https://9to5google.com/2026/01/08/gmail-ai-free-features/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Conning the AI note taker in your zoom meeting. Say hello to AI Summary Optimisation.

#AISO #ai #meetings #AIsummaries #academia #academicchatter

https://www.csoonline.com/article/4077438/manipulating-the-meeting-notetaker-the-rise-of-ai-summarization-optimization.html

Conning the AI note taker in your zoom meeting. Say hello to AI Summary Optimisation.

#AISO #ai #meetings #AIsummaries #academia #academicchatter

https://www.csoonline.com/article/4077438/manipulating-the-meeting-notetaker-the-rise-of-ai-summarization-optimization.html

Hold the presses! Or rather, let AI summarize them. iOS 26 is reportedly reintroducing AI summaries to news apps, but with a cautious nod this time. They pulled these earlier, so what's changed? What's your confidence level in AI-generated news snippets? #Apple #iOS26 #AISummaries #TechNews
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ios-26-ai-summaries-come-back-to-iphone-news-apps-but-with-a-catch/#ftag=CAD590a51e

#Google’s VP of #governmentaffairs, Markham Erickson, defended the company’s use of #AIsummaries in #searchresults, stating that user preferences are shifting towards contextual summaries. He emphasised Google’s commitment to maintaining a healthy ecosystem with both AI summaries and traditional search results. https://www.theverge.com/news/778306/google-ai-summaries-penske-lawsuit?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#Google’s VP of #governmentaffairs, Markham Erickson, defended the company’s use of #AIsummaries in #searchresults, stating that user preferences are shifting towards contextual summaries. He emphasised Google’s commitment to maintaining a healthy ecosystem with both AI summaries and traditional search results. https://www.theverge.com/news/778306/google-ai-summaries-penske-lawsuit?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#PenskeMedia, owner of #RollingStone and #Billboard, sued #Google, alleging its #AIsummaries use their journalism #withoutconsent and reduce website #traffic. The lawsuit claims Google leverages its search dominance to impose terms on publishers, impacting advertising and subscription revenue. Google argues that #AIoverviews benefit users and drive traffic to a wider variety of websites. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/rolling-stone-billboard-owner-penske-sues-google-over-ai-overviews-2025-09-14/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#PenskeMedia, owner of #RollingStone and #Billboard, sued #Google, alleging its #AIsummaries use their journalism #withoutconsent and reduce website #traffic. The lawsuit claims Google leverages its search dominance to impose terms on publishers, impacting advertising and subscription revenue. Google argues that #AIoverviews benefit users and drive traffic to a wider variety of websites. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/rolling-stone-billboard-owner-penske-sues-google-over-ai-overviews-2025-09-14/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Google Says That More Quality Clicks Are Coming From AI Overviews To Sites

Source: https://blog.google/products/search/ai-search-driving-more-queries-higher-quality-clicks

Sure, Google. Of course they’re going to say this. Do I click on the source links? More than average people, but I’m not sure average person would.

Do I think that if you want to read more you might click the citations? Sure. But, often if your question is answered in the summary, why would you keep clicking through.

This is a major issue for publishers, because people aren’t coming to their site and seeing the ads. They might not be paying for the paywall. Or any number of things a visitor could do on the source site.

What do you think? Is Google full of malarkey? Fully? Partially? Not at all?

Mike Elgan has a great teardown of Google’s post here: https://machinesociety.ai/p/googles-dishonest-and-insulting-ai

Let me know!

#AI #AISummaries #Clicks #Google #Search

»#Chegg filed suit against #Google, claiming that #AIsummaries of search results have hurt the online education company’s #traffic and #revenue; considers acquisitions and going private.« https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/24/chegg-sues-google-for-hurting-traffic-as-it-considers-alternatives.html?eicker.news #tech #media

»#Chegg filed suit against #Google, claiming that #AIsummaries of search results have hurt the online education company’s #traffic and #revenue; considers acquisitions and going private.« https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/24/chegg-sues-google-for-hurting-traffic-as-it-considers-alternatives.html?eicker.news #tech #media

ICYMI: Search behavior shifts as AI summaries reduce organic clicks: Zero-click searches reach 60% as AI-powered summaries and direct answers change how users interact with search results. https://ppc.land/search-behavior-shifts-as-ai-summaries-reduce-organic-clicks/ #SearchBehavior #AISummaries #ZeroClickSearches #DigitalMarketing #SEO

Attention LLM security enthusiasts! Google's Bug Hunters posted a detailed run through on protecting Large Language Models that goes beyond basic prompt injection:

It covers:

• Advanced prompt injection techniques
• Data poisoning strategies
• Model extraction methods
• Adversarial examples in the wild

This showcases how attackers are getting craftier, attempting to bypass ethical constraints while maintaining the illusion of authority.

But that's just the beginning. The post delves into the complexities of each attack vector and discusses potential mitigation strategies.

For those of us pushing the boundaries of AI security, this is a must-read. It might just change how you approach LLM vulnerabilities.

Check it out and let's discuss: What new insights did you gain from this analysis?"

#LLMSecurity #AIVulnerabilities #aisummaries #cybersecurity

Google’s Play Store wants to pivot from grab-and-go to an active destination - Enlarge / I like the idea of clicking "Realistic," "MMORPG," and "Word"... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2038915 #googleplaygames #googleplaystore #advertising #aisummaries #appstores #playstore #google #tech #ai

Google’s Play Store wants to pivot from grab-and-go to an active destination - Enlarge / I like the idea of clicking "Realistic," "MMORPG," and "Word"... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2038915 #googleplaygames #googleplaystore #advertising #aisummaries #appstores #playstore #google #tech #ai