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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Aug 21

AI systems prefer their own texts: study warns of "anti-human bias" 🚩Scientists have shown that large language models prefer the content of other AI systems. What humans can learn from this.
www.heise.de/en/news/AI-s... #LLM #AIContent #AITexts #GEO #LLMO

AI systems prefer their own texts: study warns of "anti-human bias"

Scientists have shown that large language models prefer the content of other AI systems. What humans can learn from this.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Aug 17

Data analysis: Google's AI overviews cause up to 25 percent drop in traffic 🚩Publisher network contradicts Google's claim that AI summarization will not lead to a drop in traffic.
www.heise.de/en/news/Data... #AIOverviews #AIMode #Google #SEO #GEO

Data analysis: Google's AI overviews cause up to 25 percent drop in traffic

Publisher network contradicts Google's claim that AI summarization will not lead to a drop in traffic.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Aug 5

⚠️Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites. 🤨
blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-i... #Perplexity #AICrawler #PerplexityBot

Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives

Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Aug 5

Is SEO Dead? 👉 Real Data vs. Internet Hysteria. 😎
ahrefs.com/blog/is-seo-... #SEO #GEO #LLMO #AIO

Is SEO Dead? Real Data vs. Internet Hysteria

RIP?… NO!

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Aug 4

Anthropic has blocked OpenAI from accessing its Claude models via API, citing a breach of contract just as GPT-5 approaches release. 🚩Anthropic says OpenAI's technical teams used Claude Code for internal testing ahead of GPT-5.
the-decoder.com/anthropic-bl... #OpenAI #Anthropic #ClaudeAI #GPT-5

Anthropic blocks OpenAI from accessing Claude models over alleged contract breach

Anthropic has blocked OpenAI from accessing its Claude models via API, citing a breach of contract just as GPT-5 approaches release.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Jul 8

Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers: 🚩Publishers say can't opt out from Google using their content for AI Overviews 🚩Google says new AI features in search create opportunities for businesses 🤷
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... #AIOverviews #AIMode #Google

Exclusive: Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers

Alphabet's Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also asked for an interim measure to prevent allegedly irreparable harm to them, according to a document seen by Reuters.

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The Verge @theverge.com · Jul 3

Here are the letters that convinced Google and Apple to keep TikTok online

This is why the law banning TikTok doesn’t matter.

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The Verge @theverge.com · Jul 1

Cloudflare will now block AI crawlers by default

Cloudflare wants AI companies to get permission to crawl websites.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Jun 25

Study: Is AI changing human language? 🚩
Within a short space of time, the use of large language models has changed the way people use language, warn researchers. The consequences could be far-reaching. 🙄
www.heise.de/en/news/Stud... #LLM #ChatGPT #AIAgents #HumanLanguage

Study: Is AI changing human language?

Within a short space of time, the use of large language models has changed the way people use language, warn researchers. The consequences could be far-reaching.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Jun 20

ChatGPT might be draining your brain: 🚩A new MIT study suggests that using AI writing assistants like ChatGPT can lead to what researchers call "cognitive debt" - a state where outsourcing mental effort weakens learning and critical thinking. 🧐
the-decoder.com/mit-study-sh... #ChatGPT #MIT #LLM

ChatGPT might be draining your brain, MIT warns - what ‘cognitive debt’ means for you

A new MIT study suggests that using AI writing assistants like ChatGPT can lead to what researchers call "cognitive debt" - a state where outsourcing mental effort weakens learning and critical thinki...

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Jun 13

Is Google about to destroy the web? 🚩Google says a new AI tool on its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. 🤨
www.bbc.com/future/artic... #AIMode #AIOverviews #Google #LLMO #SEO

Is Google about to destroy the web?

Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: this era of online history is closing.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Jun 6

Anthropic launches new Claude Gov service for military and intelligence use: 🚩The AI models have looser guardrails for government use and are trained to better analyze classified information. 🤔
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... #Anthropic #ChatGPTGov #ClaudeGov #ClaudeAI #LLM

Anthropic launches new Claude service for military and intelligence use

The AI models are “already deployed by agencies at the highest level of U.S. national security.”

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · Jun 1

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has a scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us: 🚩AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years. 🧐
www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a... #Anthropic #AIRevolution #LLM #Layoffs

Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath

Hardly anyone is paying attention.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 31

Judge Examines Steps to Limit Google’s Reach in AI Arms Race: 🚩Lawyers began making closing arguments Friday in landmark antitrust case over online search market, future of artificial intelligence 🤔
www.wsj.com/tech/google-... #Google #AIMode #AIOverviews #AISearch #GoogleGemini #GEO

Judge Examines Steps to Limit Google’s Reach in AI Arms Race

Lawyers began making closing arguments Friday in a landmark antitrust case over the online search market and future of AI.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 24

Is Google's new AI Mode feature theft? 🚩The News/Media Alliance, trade association representing news media organizations in the U.S. and Canada, certainly thinks so... 🤔
mashable.com/article/news... #AIMode #AIOverviews #GoogleSearch #SEO #GEO

News/Media Alliance says Google’s AI takes content 'by force'

Yikes.

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The Verge @theverge.com · May 22

Microsoft Notepad can now write for you using generative AI

Notepad has come a long way.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 22

Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4: 👉 Claude 4 AI models are better at coding and reasoning. Anthropic says Claude 4 worked autonomously for seven hours in customer tests. 💯
www.theverge.com/news/672705/... #LLM #ClaudeAI #Claude4 #Anthropic

Anthropic’s Claude 4 AI models are better at coding and reasoning

Opus and Sonnet got an upgrade.

www.theverge.com

Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 20

AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search: AI Overviews were just the start — 🚩Google is already preparing for a world where all search is AI search. 🧐
www.theverge.com/google-io/67... #GoogleIO #AIMode #AIOverviews #AISearch #SEO #LLMO

AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search

The internet’s biggest search engine is going to be unrecognizable in just a few years.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · May 20

All of the big Search updates from #GoogleIO, including…

🤖 AI Mode is launching for everyone in the US this week
🤖 Google’s play for more commerce activity includes automated purchases
🤖 Search Live, a dynamic back-and-forth on what you’re viewing, launches this summer

For the rest, head here 👇

Google's AI Mode rolls out to US, will add support for deeper research, comparison shopping, and more | TechCrunch

Google's AI Mode, the experimental Google Search feature that lets users ask complex, multi-part questions via an AI interface, will roll out to everyone

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · May 16

OpenAI’s planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco

OpenAI's planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco | TechCrunch

OpenAI's planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco, according to a report from Bloomberg.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 17

A Free People Need a Free Press: 🚩 The role of a free and independent press in a healthy democracy is under direct attack, with increasingly aggressive efforts to curtail and punish independent journalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o... #FreePress #Democracy

Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 16

Threat actors in UK retail attacks are targeting US sector: 🚨Google Threat Intelligence researchers say the hackers behind intrusions at British retailers are launching similar social engineering attacks against American companies.
www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/threat-... #USRetail #Cybercrime

Researchers warn threat actors in UK retail attacks are targeting US sector

Google Threat Intelligence researchers say the hackers behind intrusions at multiple British retailers are launching similar social engineering attacks against American companies.

www.cybersecuritydive.com

Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 16

Trump agrees deal for UAE to build largest AI campus outside US: 🚩Agreement that would give Gulf country better access to advanced AI chips raises concerns over Chinese influence.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #UAE #AIChips #Nvidia #Trump #China

Trump agrees deal for UAE to build largest AI campus outside US

Agreement that would give Gulf country better access to advanced AI chips raises concerns over Chinese influence

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 16

OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT:
Codex can handle multiple software engineering tasks simultaneously, says OpenAI…😬
techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/o... #OpenAI #Codex #ChatGPT #LLM

OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT | TechCrunch

OpenAI has launched an AI agent in ChatGPT, Codex, that can handle multiple software engineering tasks on behalf of users simultaneously.

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Daniel Reif🦉 @danreif.bsky.social · May 16

Anthropic is forced to apologize after Claude undercuts its legal Team: 🚩Anthropic has admitted in an ongoing copyright lawsuit that its own chatbot, Claude, fabricated a source that was later used as evidence in court.
the-decoder.com/anthropic-is... #LLM #ClaudeAI #Anthropic #AIHallucinations

Anthropic is forced to apologize after Claude undercuts its legal team

Anthropic has admitted in an ongoing copyright lawsuit that its own chatbot, Claude, fabricated a source that was later used as evidence in court.

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