By Media Watch
Publication Date: 2026-03-23 09:45:00
Now to the AI uprising terrorizing online publishing and a rather jazzy jingle:
VOICE OUT: (SINGING) I got this swagger, I feel like I got this new, new, new, new, new, new thing…
– Search in the Age of Gemini | Google I/O 2024, YouTube, May 15, 2024
That was Google launching its AI tool in 2024 that promotes AI-generated summaries of Google search results, saving us the tedious task of actually visiting websites.
Artificial intelligence is often very intelligent:
How many stones should I eat?
– @crumbler, Threads, May 24, 2024
Answer?
According to geologists at UC Berkeley, it is recommended to eat at least one small rock per day…
– @crumbler, Threads, May 24, 2024
This is merely a recommendation.
Google pushed us further along this path in May last year, when Google Search AI Mode offered even fewer links to the outside world and plunged media companies into an existential crisis:
AI Armageddon is here for online news publishers.
– Wall Street…
