AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
- Generative Artificial Intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are reducing online search traffic for news sites, negatively affecting their advertising revenue.
- John Wihbey, a professor at Northeastern University, stated that trends in journalism will lead to an entirely different web in the next three to four years.
- Publishers are at a crossroads, needing to decide whether to block AI crawlers to protect their content or risk decreasing exposure to new readers.
- Wihbey believes that AI platforms will ultimately recognize their reliance on original journalism from the press.
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AI search hurting traditional news sites
New York — Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they desperately need, in a crushing blow to an industry already fighting for survival.“The next three or four years will be incredibly challenging for publishers everywhere. No one is immune from the AI summaries storm gathering on the horizon,” warned Ma…

AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they desperately need, in a crushing blow to an industry already fighting for survival.
AI Search Pushing An Already Weakened Media Ecosystem To The Brink
Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they desperately need, in a crushing blow to an industry already fighting for survival.
Generative AI Destroying News Media Search Traffic And Ad Revenue
NEW YORK – Generative AI search assistants such as ChatGPT, Grok 3 and Gemini are starting to take over some of the space once held by traditional online search. This shift is pulling audiences away from news outlets and news media, which are already working hard to stay afloat as advertising earnings drop. Matt Karolian, […] The post Generative AI Destroying News Media Search Traffic and Ad Revenue first appeared on CTN News-Chiang Rai Times.
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