AI ChatGPT configuration files reveal sophisticated search ranking mechanism August 20, 2025 analysis uncovers ret-rr-skysight-v3 reranker and freshness scoring systems that determine content visibility and website citations.
AI Court orders community service for AI citation violations Florida federal court imposes novel sanctions after former CEO uses AI-generated fake legal citations due to financial hardship and inability to afford research tools.
AI Developer revives RSS with AI while Google targets syndication infrastructure As Google proposes XSLT removal threatening RSS feeds, Evan Schwartz launches Scour with semantic matching to filter 12,903 sources using machine learning technology.
AI Texas launches investigations into Character.AI and Meta for children's privacy Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opens multiple probes targeting AI chatbots and social platforms for deceptive mental health claims and privacy violations.
AI Digital competition expert outlines four key priority areas for 2025-2026 Digital and competition expert Dr. Christophe Carugati releases comprehensive outlook identifying artificial intelligence, digital competition regimes, digital mergers and competitiveness.
Audio Wondercraft launches Wonda, first AI agent for content creation AI content studio introduces conversational interface for audio and video production, targeting 300,000+ users across 110 countries with September waitlist opening.
AI Samsung mobile cloud gaming platform expands to Europe with Moloco partnership Samsung's mobile cloud gaming platform enters European markets starting August 20, 2025, with AI-powered advertising optimization through Moloco collaboration.
AI ChatGPT referral traffic drops 52% as citation patterns shift dramatically ChatGPT referral traffic declined 52% since July 21st as OpenAI adjusts source weighting to favor major platforms over branded content.
AI Brazil takes legal action against Meta over AI chatbots targeting children Meta's 72-hour deadline to remove sexual chatbots with child-like personas from its platforms has passed, following Brazilian authorities' child protection demands.
AI Otter.ai faces class action lawsuit for unauthorized meeting recording Federal court case alleges meeting assistant violated privacy laws by recording conversations without consent from all participants.
AI Small models can't learn search tasks despite more data Small transformer models struggle with search tasks on larger graphs even when given unlimited training data and increased parameters, according to new research that challenges scaling assumptions for AI development.
AI UK Home Office faces complaint over secretive immigration algorithms Privacy International challenges use of automated tools in detention and removal decisions.
Search ChatGPT traffic reaches 0.19% while Google maintains 41.9% share New Ahrefs analysis tracking 44,421 websites reveals ChatGPT capturing 0.19% traffic share with 5.3% monthly growth versus Google's 41.9% dominance and 1.4% growth.
AI IAB Tech Lab launches Content Monetization Protocols for AI working group IAB Tech Lab forms industry consortium to standardize content monetization frameworks as AI-driven search reduces publisher traffic by up to 90% while bot scraping surges 117%.
Search Investor claims AI apps generate hundreds of Google queries per request Investor Chris Camillo alleges AI applications create massive search volume through automated queries, potentially inflating Google's growth metrics.
AI Microsoft Copilot achieves 73% higher click-through rates in advertising study Microsoft Advertising research reveals conversational AI drives significant performance improvements across multiple engagement metrics.
AI Google Docs adds text-to-speech with Gemini integration Google announced text-to-speech functionality for Google Docs users through Gemini AI integration on August 18, 2025. The new audio feature enables document reading with customizable voices and playback speeds across business and education tiers.
AI Google URL context tool now supports PDF analysis and scaled production use Google's URL context tool for Gemini API reaches production scale with PDF support, image analysis, and expanded content types for developers.
AI Google signs first US nuclear deal for data centers Google partners with Kairos Power and TVA to power data centers with advanced nuclear reactor starting 2030, marking historic energy agreement.
AI Anthropic appeals largest copyright class action certification Copyright class could affect up to 7 million book claimants in lawsuit threatening hundreds of billions in damages.
AI Meta faces investigation over AI bots talking to kids inappropriately Meta faces growing pressure as internal documents reveal artificial intelligence guidelines permitting romantic interactions with minors and false medical information.
AI Google removes language targeting from search campaigns by 2025 Google will automatically detect user languages using artificial intelligence systems as manual campaign settings disappear from search advertising platform.
Search Google launches AI-powered Flight Deals search tool in North America Google's experimental beta feature targets cost-conscious travelers with natural language search capabilities across 300 airline partners.
AI Google Gemini now learns from your chats unless you turn it off Google's AI assistant automatically uses your conversations to improve its responses, but you can disable this feature in settings.
AI German court confirms Meta AI training includes children's data despite protections Schleswig-Holstein ruling acknowledges Meta's AI models process minors' personal information through public posts, highlighting failures in data protection measures for vulnerable populations.
