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A drop in traffic to news sites in September has heightened publishers’ concerns about artificial intelligence, notably in Google search and its new Google Overviews tool, Le Monde reports.
Publishers depend heavily on search referrals, so AI-generated answers that keep readers on the results page threaten their audience and advertising revenue. Only the article’s headline and excerpt were available to us; the link between the traffic decline and AI features is the publishers’ concern, not a demonstrated cause.
Workers at three major publishing houses told WIRED that large language models are being used for publicity, cover art, back-cover copy and emails, with some executives pushing junior staff to champion the technology.
Nikon says the video that originally won its Small World in Motion competition did not comply with the contest’s rules on generative AI. The entry had claimed to show cilia moving in a child’s airway. First place now goes to Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam, for footage of a roundworm and a single-celled Dileptus.