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AI - Sep 29, 2025 Cloudflare launches AI Index for website content discovery

AI-powered search infrastructure connecting websites with structured content discovery and monetization tools.

Cloudflare announced AI Index on September 26, 2025, enabling website owners to control content access by AI platforms through structured APIs and monetization.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Sep 29, 2025 Privacy group files complaint against AI surveillance service

Whitebridge.ai promises to find everything about anyone online using AI surveillance technology.

Lithuania-based Whitebridge.ai faces GDPR complaint over selling personal data reports compiled from social media without consent or legal basis.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Sep 28, 2025 Encyclopædia Britannica sues Perplexity for copyright infringement

The 250-year-old publisher filed a lawsuit against the AI startup on September 10, 2025, alleging massive copying of copyrighted content without authorization or payment.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Sep 28, 2025 AI researcher challenges claims of development slowdown with exponential data

METR data shows AI task completion growing from 1 second to 2+ hours, with GPT-5 leading exponential trend.

Julian Schrittwieser presents METR and OpenAI evaluation data showing models completing 2-hour tasks, contradicting bubble theories as GPT-5 approaches human expert performance.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Sep 28, 2025 IAB releases AI use case map for advertising professionals

IAB AI advertising use case map showing six color-coded categories for marketing professionals.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau provides structured guidance for marketing organizations navigating artificial intelligence applications across campaign lifecycle stages.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Sep 28, 2025 OpenAI CEO defends AI energy consumption for climate solutions

Sam Altman discusses AI energy consumption at TU Berlin panel with BIFOLD researchers February 2025

OpenAI's Sam Altman argues AI energy use enables fusion breakthroughs at February 7, 2025 Berlin panel, announcing $50,000 BIFOLD research partnership.

by Luis Rijo

Display - Sep 28, 2025 Pixis releases comprehensive Google advertising benchmarks spanning 100 brands

Search campaigns dominate Google ad spend at 59.2% while Performance Max holds 15.1% according to Pixis analysis.

Pixis analyzed $996 million in Google Ads spend across 100 consumer brands from January 2024 to February 2025, revealing significant cost variations by industry and campaign type.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Sep 27, 2025 Major merchants welcome AI agents, Amazon blocks competition

AI agent blocking analysis shows Amazon dominates restrictions while most major retailers welcome bots.

Research shows UK/US retailers embrace agentic commerce opportunities while Amazon remains notable exception, implementing bot restrictions.

by Luis Rijo