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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on why Google must ‘play by the same rules’ as other AI companies Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince believes Google will inevitably have to split its AI and search crawler to level the playing field.

"When we talk to all the AI companies, they all say they’re willing to pay for content, and we think that’s fair. Except one. The one notable exception is Google."

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News Corp CEO Robert Thomson says AI firms aren’t paying enough for content: ‘fundamental miscalculation’ Tech firms “need news to keep the AI engines fresh and so that immediacy that a news organization can provide is essential to them,” Thomson said.

"'If you’re not spending billions of dollars on the content, but you are spending billions of dollars on the infrastructure, then you’re making a fundamental miscalculation about the value of what you’re doing,' said Thomson." @nypost.com nypost.com/2025/10/21/m...

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The web has a new system for making AI companies pay up The mission is to keep the web sustainable.

"The RSL Standard supports a variety of licensing models, including free ones. Site owners can ask AI companies to pay a subscription or assign a pay-per-crawl fee through the RSL Standard, which companies must pay each time an AI bot crawls the website."

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3 Ways AI Could Pay Publishers—And Why They Might Not Work Publishers are weighing how to get paid when AI uses their work, but even the most promising ideas have potential shortcomings

"Industry leaders are experimenting with new compensation models to ensure publishers are paid when their work fuels AI outputs." www.adweek.com/media/ai-fir...

Opinion | Can the news industry stop AI theft? It might be a long shot. The limited good news is that the fight has begun on multiple fronts.

"Though tech companies have been helping themselves with impunity to articles, books, recipes and endless other nuggets of information to build their models, many are simultaneously crafting licensing deals, particularly with established publishers." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Generative AI, not ad tech, is the new antitrust battleground for Google The latest EU complaint from independent publishers marks the third potential major antitrust battle currently facing Google.

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To protect AI, Congress must regulate it - Washington Examiner Congress should issue rules to protect the creators of the content that AI tools use — publishers, authors, journalists, artists, and creatives of all types

"But when an entire article is scraped without compensation and regurgitated to someone who will then never look at that article, know where it came from, or find out who wrote it, that is not fair use. It is theft." - Danielle Coffey www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/34618...

Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default The age of the AI scraping free-for-all may be coming to an end. At least if Cloudflare gets its way.

The age of the AI scraping free-for-all may be coming to an end. At least if Cloudflare gets its way. www.wired.com/story/cloudf...

‘Big beautiful’ AI rule means feds must act NOW to stop Big Tech’s abuses We need clear federal rules to protect the creators of content that AI tools use — because right now, those professionals are AI’s victims.

"If the AI industry is going to grow sustainably and responsibly, we need legislation to provide guardrails and clear rules about how to protect the creators of content that AI tools use — publishers, authors, journalists, artists, musicians and creatives of all types." nypost.com/2025/06/30/o...

UK regulators may force Google to open search engine to more competition as AI threat grows Google may be forced by United Kingdom regulators to make changes to its search engine practices – including its controversial AI summary feature in search results, officials said Tuesday.

UK regulators may force Google to open search engine to more competition as AI threat grows

‘This is coming for everyone’: A new kind of AI bot takes over the web As consumers switch from Google search to ChatGPT, a new kind of bot is scraping data for AI chatbots.

New from me: Racing to replace Google, AI firms send bots to scrape news in real time

super interesting new report from @tollbit.com offers data on the AI apocalypse coming for the web as people switch from search to chatbots

Support Responsible AI Big Tech is stealing from writers, artists, journalists, and publishers to build AI programs. Stealing American content hurts everyone. Let’s stand together for fairness, transparency, and the future ...

Big Tech companies are stealing content from creators to fuel AI. America’s creative industries are part of what make this country great, and stealing their work is un-American and wrong. Tell Washington today to make Big Tech companies pay for the content they take. supportresponsibleai.org

There's a loud and clear message on this New York Post paper. Stop AI theft. Make Big Tech pay for the content it takes.

The dirty secret Big Tech doesn’t want you to know: AI runs on theft Most tech companies have made the conscious choice to steal others’ content to power their AI models and earn ad money — threatening critical sectors of the US economy.

"If AI companies’ theft drives creators out of business, everyone ends up worse off." - Danielle Coffey, News/Media Alliance President & CEO via @nypost.com nypost.com/2025/05/29/o...

Support Responsible AI Big Tech is stealing from writers, artists, journalists, and publishers to build AI programs. Stealing American content hurts everyone. Let’s stand together for fairness, transparency, and the future ...

They deserve compensation for their work – and you deserve high quality, diverse content. Together, we can hold Big Tech accountable and demand responsible AI. Join us: supportresponsibleai.org

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The global AI market is expected to reach trillions of dollars by 2030. But the original content creators and publishers whose work fuels AI products are being left behind.

As a reminder, writers, artists, journalists, and publishers are the creative minds behind the content that AI programs generate – but they're not being compensated for their work. Thanks to Nisqually Valley News for joining us in the fight for a future of responsible AI. supportresponsibleai.org

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The Plain Dealer is joining our fight to hold Big Tech accountable. Creators deserve compensation for their work that fuels AI products, and you deserve quality, original content. #SupportResponsibleAI #FairAI

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The Bay City Times @mlive.com is standing up for the creators and publishers who deserve compensation when their work is used to fuel AI products. Together, we can demand accountability and transparency from Big Tech. #SupportResponsibleAI #FairAI

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@bostonglobe.com is joining hundreds of publishers in demanding a future of fair and responsible AI. Together, we can call on Washington to make Big Tech pay for the content it takes from creators.
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Support Responsible AI Big Tech is stealing from writers, artists, journalists, and publishers to build AI programs. Stealing American content hurts everyone. Let’s stand together for fairness, transparency, and the future ...

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@businessinsider.com is joining our fight to ensure the public has access to reliable, high quality, and diverse content. It's time to demand transparency and accountability from the Big Tech companies who steal publishers' content to power AI tools. #SupportResponsibleAI

Support Responsible AI Big Tech is stealing from writers, artists, journalists, and publishers to build AI programs. Stealing American content hurts everyone. Let’s stand together for fairness, transparency, and the future ...

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Thanks to Grand Rapids Press for joining our fight to ensure a future of responsible AI. It's time for Big Tech to compensate the publishers and creators whose work powers the AI industry. #SupportResponsibleAI