Another lawsuit against Suno just landed, filed by the company that owns Ring of Fire & much more. It accuses Suno of being "a massive vehicle for copyright infringement". storage.courtlistener.com/re…

“At some point, someone with authority has to address what is happening in the real world: Google is using its dominance to fundamentally undermine the open web and the economics of original journalism.” -@jason_kint 👏👏👏 It seems from this dismissal that normal search engine functionality and AI answer surfaces like AI Mode and AIOs need to be much better defined in lawsuits. Many studies continue to demonstrate with scientific detail that AI answer engines (like AIOs) create an unsustainable environment if left unchecked. AI surfaces, especially when embedded in search engines, create an inequitable environment. If publishers are out of business AI won't have anything left to train on. This model isn't sustainable. One study is added in the thread below. Penske v Google was based mostly on anti-trust law, not copyright like NYT v OpenAI which holds the theft of content at its core accountable. We would argue that the theft of copyrighted content is the core problem and anti-competitive behavior like AIOs greatly compound the damage caused by the copyright theft. These two dynamics in play is destroying journalism, publishers, creators, and the web. We would also add that brand misrepresentation is often missed in anti-trust and copyright legal arguments. Our brand is being used in horrendous AI Frankenstein recipes that misrepresent us with stolen content for branded queries. One example of many that we have recorded is attached. There are no links to our site and these aren't our recipes, yet Google AI is claiming they are ours👇 We do find Judge Mehta's quote interesting which current lawsuits should take note of: “The court does not treat Plaintiffs’ alleged harms lightly. Nor is it unsympathetic to the situation publishers now find themselves in, and the knock-on consequences to journalists, educators, and other online creators whose content Google takes and repurposes without compensation.” We completely agree with @jason_kint. Google is a known illegal monopoly many times over and something must be done to stop the “doom loop” they are in. Now more than ever, journalists, publishers, creators, educators, and the entire open web need to write/speak up for their jobs by sharing and recording the damage. We also hope that Penske appeals the decision and hopefully can have a verdict from NYT v OpenAI during that timeline to strengthen their case.

AI - the next wave of American imperialism. Google felled an estimated 250,000 to 400,000 trees in Finland for planned AI data centers, through its Finnish subsidiary Tuike Finland.

Google Discover has just started a test on AI summaries: Disabling clicks on sources. Behavior before this test: Clicking on the sources at the bottom of an AI summary card opened a mini-feed with articles from the sources of the AI ​​summary. With the test, we have the flag: disable_aio_sources_button_tap This disables clicks on sources and no longer opens the mini-feed with articles from the AI ​​summary's sources. CC @gaganghotra_ @rustybrick @nicola_agius #googlediscover

Google AI Overview citation cards with AI-generated summaries in the snippets - via @SERPalerts seroundtable.com/google-ai-o…

The war on AI slops continues. This time it's Etsy -> Etsy is cracking down on AI slop listings, updates its policies, provides recommendations, and FAQs "Etsy is announcing stricter rules about how AI can be used in listings to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform. In a post, the company says that "many active buyers say they can't tell which items involve AI-generated content" and that sellers are "concerned about your work appearing alongside items that use AI in misleading ways," spurring the new policies and restrictions." "Bot-generated listings without any human involvement aren’t allowed. These listings will be removed and may also result in your shop being removed from Etsy." etsy.com/seller-handbook/art…

Strap in, it's only going to get worse from here bbc.com/future/article/20260…

“For most of its history, Google operated in a virtuous cycle with publishers whereby they allowed Google to crawl their sites and Google connected them with audiences. Today, that cycle has turned vicious, with Google acting as a parasite that extracts value and offers nothing in return.”

The good news is that Google is handling those AI slop recipe sites accordingly. No search visibility at all.