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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry
In the latest instance of Google discouraging users from clicking on links, the search giant has launched a new feature that uses AI to summarize trending news stories. As first reported on by TechCrunch, the AI summaries are appearing for users in the US inside Google's main mobile search apps on iOS and Android under the main Discover news feed. Tiny logos of publishers appear in the upper left-hand corner, haphazardly reminding users of where…
Google Discover Adds AI Summaries, Raising Concerns Over Publisher Traffic Drops
Google has begun introducing AI-generated summaries in its Discover news feed within the Google search app on iOS and Android. Rather than just showing headlines from a single publication, users will now see multiple news logos at the top-left corner accompanied by an AI-created summary citing those sources. The app warns users that the summaries are AI-generated and may contain errors. Current Availability and Focus The feature is currently rol…
The State of Digital News - With NewzDash's John Shehata
AI Overviews are reshaping search, reducing traffic to news sites, and favoring well-known brands in both visibility and citations. Brand mentions now matter more than backlinks in AI-generated content, shifting PR strategy toward brand visibility and authority. News publishers must diversify traffic and revenue, prioritizing direct audience relationships via newsletters, apps, and communities. Google Discover is an emerging traffic driver, b…
Google has begun to deploy a new feature in its search application for iOS and Android: the summaries generated by artificial intelligence within Google Discover. This section, which functions as a kind of custom news showcase, is changing its way of presenting content to the user, and that is generating concern in the publishing sector. What is Google Discover and what is changing? Google Discover is the news tab that appears within the Google …
AI-based overviews are now an integral part of the Google ecosystem – and their influence continues to grow. Meanwhile, Google also shows AI overviews between organic non-AI results; and even YouTube recently integrated AI overviews with a twist. While AI overviews are supposed to provide publishers with additional page views, the reality often looks different: Many operators fear or already experience traffic breaks (and sometimes also declines…
Google Discover AI Now Summaries Threaten Publisher Traffic
Google has begun showing AI‑generated summaries in Discover, its news feed inside the Google app on iOS and Android in the United States. Instead of a headline and a link, users now see publisher logos and a concise AI overview of the story, along with a note that “these summaries are generated with AI, which can make mistakes.” Image Source: Yahoo Finance How the Summaries Work As a user scrolls in Discover, the AI system aggregates content fro…
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