An analysis by The Media Leader of ACPM data shows the websites of 40 French news brands lost 22.9% of their visits in a year. The drop follows the rollout of Google’s AI summaries, although no direct link has been established.
From Nov. 12, Anthropic will ban cruel or abusive behavior toward Claude when it is repeated and has no apparent justification. Conversations may be closed if a user deliberately persists.
AI is now involved in every step of holiday planning, from inspiration to booking, and hotels, agencies and destinations are trying to adapt. Le Monde notes the questions it raises about errors, standardization, jobs and environmental cost.
A drop in visits to news sites in September has heightened publishers’ concerns about the rise of AI, particularly Google’s AI Overviews in search.
Olivia Moore of venture firm a16z sees a large opportunity in consumer AI. She says it depends on finding revenue beyond subscriptions and API fees.
A TechCrunch piece draws on the work of Dr. Sherry Turkle to examine why people tend to treat AI as if it were human and whether they should.