“For Google to announce the changes it’s making signals two things. First, that these are big changes that could meaningfully change your search experience — Nayak says that Google’s measurements show a reduction in ‘unhelpful content’ by up to 40 percent. And second, that Google is sending a message to the web: your spammy, sketchy behavior ends now.”

“The tech giant compared L.L.M.s to videocassette recorders, arguing that both are allowed under the law. ‘Despite The Times’s contentions, copyright law is no more an obstacle to the L.L.M. than it was to the VCR (or the player piano, copy machine, personal computer, internet or search engine),’ the motion read.”

“What I found was a complex ecosystem of content parasitism, with thousands of people using a variety of AI tools to make low-quality spammy videos that recycle Reddit AMAs, weird ‘Would You Rather’ games, AI-narrated ‘scary ocean’ clips, ChatGPT-generated fun facts, slideshows of tweets, clips lifted from celebrities, YouTubers, and podcasts.”

“I want the reaction to be more ‘omg I feel so seen,’ and less ‘wtf how did this get past your legal team.'”

“Because of the company’s professional focus, political and polarizing content is not intentionally elevated the way business content is.” Editor-in-chief and vice president Dan Roth said the company is “very guarded” about the kind of content that we know members want to see. (See also: How 13 news outlets are using LinkedIn newsletters.)

“Multiple people told BI that they witnessed Sur misrepresent aspects of The Juggernaut’s business to potential hires and investors, including falsely claiming that Oprah Winfrey had invested in the publication. Sur promised staffers they’d have equity in the company. The Juggernaut spokesperson told BI that ‘multiple employees have equity in the company,’ but BI was unable to identify any such employees. Several people said Sur often didn’t pay freelancers and vendors the rate they originally negotiated, which made employees worry about the company’s health.”

“By keeping readers off our pages (away from the ads they might see) and depriving us of any donations or subscriptions that accrue from their visits, AI-generated search will make it harder for us to pay the bills.”

“These days/weeks/months are very important to the communities they revolve around. But the rest of the world, frankly, does not care…STAT is a news site, and such occasions are not news. Fundamentally, these days/weeks/months are about marketing.”

“As editors we knew intuitively that our coverage chronicles parts of the city that don’t have neighborhood papers or blogs, which are usually only in the news because of a crime or a fire,” said Alyssa Katz, THE CITY’s executive editor. “It is powerful to actually see our articles mapped out across New York City, a visual record of which communities we’ve been able to reach, as well as well where we still have more work to do.”

“The kinds of things people write about, the containers that we write in, are mostly designed to be optimized for Google Search. They’re not designed for, ‘I need to just quickly tell you about this and move on.’ Our little insight was, ‘Well, what if we just don’t do that? What if we only write for the people who come directly to our website instead of the people who find our articles through Search or Google Discover or whatever other Google platforms are in the world?'”