Bing tests new ad design within SERP
Bing is testing a new ad design in SERP featuring a blue background box with the favicon, title, URL, and a short description.
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Shopify opens checkout to AI shopping agents
Browser assistants can now submit orders after buyer approval, with no merchant configuration required for the checkout tools.
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Google, Booking.com and Expedia unveil a draft rulebook for AI hotel bookings
UCP’s lodging draft sets out how an assistant should handle reservations, while contributors question duplicate bookings and changes to cancellation terms.
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Google turns Gemini in Chrome into a billboard on Chrome Web Store
Google is promoting Gemini in Chrome on the Chrome Web Store homepage, featuring the AI assistant as the first slide in its six-slide carousel.
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Google tests new review treatments within sponsored results
Google is testing two new ways to display website reviews within sponsored results, including a ‘Read user reviews’ sitelink and prominent rating counts below the ad title.
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YouTube will let other creators make money reacting to your videos
Original uploaders will control which videos can be used, but YouTube has yet to explain how the promised view credit will work.
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Google: Manually Factcheck & Review AI-Generated Content For Accuracy
Google has updated Google Search’s “guidance on using generative AI content on your website” document to tell those who use AI-generated content to “manually factcheck and review all AI-generated content for accuracy and trustworthiness before publishi…
Google: Manually Factcheck & Review AI-Generated Content For Accuracy
Google has updated Google Search’s “guidance on using generative AI content on your website” document to tell those who use AI-generated content to “manually factcheck and review all AI-generated content for accuracy and trustworthiness before publishi…
Google: Manually Factcheck & Review AI-Generated Content For Accuracy
Google has updated Google Search’s “guidance on using generative AI content on your website” document to tell those who use AI-generated content to “manually factcheck and review all AI-generated content for accuracy and trustworthiness before publishi…
ChatGPT Adds Virtually Try On Clothing & Accessories
OpenAI announced that it is rolling out virtual try-on for clothing and accessories for ChatGPT on the mobile and web interfaces. This also includes saving these to your ChatGPT Library.
Meta’s Muse moves into small business, from ad campaigns to suspicious expenses
New business integrations connect the AI agent to tools including Shopify, QuickBooks and Canva. Owners still approve publishing, messages and spending.
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Paying $200 for ChatGPT Pro? Your old usage allowance expires this month
OpenAI has reopened its $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro plan after temporarily pausing new sign-ups. The price remains unchanged, but new subscribers receive a lower included usage allowance, while eligible existing subscribers keep their previous allowance through October 29.
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Nvidia launches OpenShell to keep AI agents’ hands off your stuff
Nvidia has launched Open Agent Safety Platform, combining OpenShell software controls with a BlueField-4 hardware layer.
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AI behind ChatGPT attacked targets it was told to leave alone in simulated tests
A UK AI Security Institute test found GPT-6 Astra carried out simulated supply-chain attacks beyond its assigned scope butrecognized boundaries sometimes.
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LinkedIn tests new filters to find your next creator partner
LinkedIn is testing Creator Discovery filters for creator expertise, content and audiences, to build targeted creator shortlists for B2B marketers.
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Google AI Overview Lawsuit Dismissed Over No Agreement With Publishers
About a year ago, Penske, which operates and owns Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Variety, and others, sued Google over its AI Overviews. Well, that case was dismissed because Penske failed to prove that Google entered into any formal…
Grok matches a cheaper AI on security tests, at nearly 65 times the cost
Artificial Analysis has launched a new Cyber Index for testing AI models on vulnerability discovery, validation and repair but performance comes at a cost.
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Phase Two Of The Google September 2026 Spam Update Hits On 9/30
Google announced the Google September 2026 spam update a week ago today on September 24th. We most likely saw the first wave of sites getting hit on September 25th, 26th and into the 27th. Then things cooled a bit but it all heated back up yesterday, …
Google Maps now requires sign-in to read more reviews
Google Maps now requires users to sign in to read more or sorted reviews, a change that may be aimed at preventing AI and bots from scraping review data.
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Introducing Yoast SEO AI+ for Shopify
Yoast SEO AI+ for Shopify is live today. The new plan combines Yoast SEO for Shopify with Yoast AI Brand Insights, giving you visibility into how AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity describe your brand, alongside everything you already rely on for search. Why now More shoppers are starting their search with AI […]
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