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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 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.

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Barron's broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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