Google's crawler math turns against it as the open web pushes back
Cloudflare shows AI bots crawling sites 50,000 times per visitor as Munich strips Google's cover for Overviews and Google dismisses a rival crawler standard.
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AI crawlers hit sites 50,000 times per human visit, Cloudflare data shows
AI crawlers reach up to 50,000 visits per referred reader, Cloudflare data shows, as a Munich court strips Google of its liability shield over AI Overviews.
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Karen Bennett: agencies should use AI for insight, not creative replacement
Jellyfish's Karen Bennett spoke at Cannes about AI reshaping agency-client work, arguing the technology should speed insight, not replace creative judgment.
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Meta launches Developer Tools MCP, cutting dashboard logins to zero
The beta server exposes 10 tools spanning App Review, compliance status, and webhook data, though write access remains limited to a single function for now.
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Google cuts operational emissions 2% as AI supply chain emissions rise 25%
The 11th annual environmental report finds supply chain emissions grew 25% in 2025 on Asia-Pacific grids still short of clean power, straining 2030 climate goals.
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Zeta finds 43% of parents let AI shop with a set budget
Parents outpace non-parents on every AI shopping measure Zeta tracked, from budgeted purchases to brand discovery, signaling where adoption is headed next.
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Cloudflare exposes AI crawlers hitting sites 50000 times per visitor
Bot Management customers can now filter traffic by Training, Search or Agent use case and compare operators side by side. Will the data shift licensing talks?
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Wikitree joins Taboola DeeperDive network reaching 7 million monthly users
Wikitree becomes one of the first Korean publishers on DeeperDive, joining a network nearing 7 million monthly users as search referral traffic keeps falling.
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WebKit ships Safari MCP server with 17 tools for AI debugging agents
The server runs locally, sends no data to Apple, and connects to Claude, Codex, or any MCP client. Developers get it now via Safari Technology Preview 247.
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AI-linked fraud costs Americans $893 million, FBI reports for 2025
Investment scams alone drained $8.6 billion, IC3 says, and over 22,000 complaints named AI tools directly. Detection now grows harder as tactics evolve fast.
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EU publishes free AI labelling icons ahead of August 2026 deadline
Three free EU icons mark deepfakes and AI-generated text under Article 50(4). Miss the label, and fines can reach 15 million euros or 3 percent of turnover.
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Google loses host privilege for AI Overviews on three grounds in Munich
Fabricated source links, self-contained answers and a protection gap drove the ruling. The reasoning shows where liability for generative search now begins.
