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YouTube is changing how it counts views on long-form videos and live streams.
Google Gemini allows users to disable the visible watermark on AI-generated images, videos, and music, while SynthID and C2PA marks stay embedded.
A v2 update to the llms.txt spec has shipped, adding formal link relations that help AI agents locate Markdown versions of pages.
Google’s research shows that LLMs struggle to recall facts when questions reverse the usual subject/object entity order.
Anthropic offers more details about its watermark including how it can be defeated.
Google is rolling out Gemini 3.7 Flash in AI Mode for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, a day after the model’s initial release.
New data shows ChatGPT’s page-fetching bot is reaching sites that have disallowed it, and OpenAI’s own documentation explains why the file may not stop it.
Google Ads is changing language targeting for Search and Performance Max in September 2026. Learn what’s changing and what advertisers need to know.
Anthropic has revealed enough about Claude’s watermark to identify how it might work. A new research paper may be the clue.
Google says its Gemini app passed 1 billion monthly users and reports that 63% now use voice, alongside camera, uploads, and app automation data.
Google amended its DMCA complaint against SerpApi, adding licensing terms after a court dismissed the original claims over search scraping.
OpenAI’s ad rules now allow some health and finance advertisers in ChatGPT, while placement restrictions still apply to sensitive conversations.
Cloudflare announced wallets and optional identity handles for AI agents on August 4, extending paid access past crawlers to any caller and any resource.
Automattic rebuts WP Engine, says Matt Mullenweg’s “personal communications with romantic partners” has “nothing to do with this case.”
New data finds no difference in how OpenAI’s in-house search index served licensed and unlicensed sites.
Anthropic will embed invisible watermarks in Claude text and sign generated files.
YouTube announced Partner Program changes taking effect in 2027, including new Shorts earnings rules, activity checks, and a terms deadline.
WPForms Lite WordPress plugin accused of adding a backdoor to new installs. I gave it and try and what happened was unexpected.
Google announced that its Ask Advisor AI agent will compare campaign performance in Google Analytics against anonymized averages from similar businesses.
Clarity now splits AI citation queries into branded and non-branded. The two mean different things, and only one counts as discovery.
Google’s former Chief Scientist explains why AI models are less important and why context engineering increasingly matters more.
WordPress security update fixes 12 vulnerabilities. Security researcher: “nastiest one is a login screen XSS.”
A WordPress 7.1 accessibility improvement could impact some plugins that make changes in the admin screens.
Google loses Jeff Dean, who helped build Google Search and AI, replaced by DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis as Chief Scientist.
Microsoft Advertising expands AI Visibility, Performance Max testing, and Ad Preview Hub with new reporting, experimentation, and creative review capabilities.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman revealed intent to leverage the platform’s vast amount of evergreen content on recommendations and reviews.
Anecdotal report that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare blocks Googlebot from indexing websites.
WooCommerce Social Login vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to gain full control of ecommerce sites.
Snap announced that it is removing wholly AI-generated videos from Snapchat’s Spotlight recommendations in favor of promoting authentic human-authored experiences.
One of the most advanced SEOs of all time, Bill Hartzer, is giving away free advanced link training lessons.
