Ask ChatGPT who runs Germany’s finances and you get a correct answer: “Deutscher Bundesfinanzminister ist Lars Klingbeil.” Fine. Now look…
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Skype Died 14 Months Ago. Four AI Assistants Still Recommend It.
“Yes, you can still use Skype; it remains available and functional.” That is Grok, in English, with a Microsoft source…
Reddit’s DMCA Case Against Scrapers Survives, Despite Google’s Earlier Loss
A federal judge has allowed most of Reddit’s lawsuit against Perplexity AI, SerpApi and other data-scraping companies to move forward.…
AI Invented Zero Changes and Missed 242 Real Ones
If auditing what AI assistants say about your category is part of your job, you have probably built some kind…
Which AI systems actually read the live web, and why it decides your GEO
I asked 16 AI assistants 50 health questions. One read 147 web pages, another read zero. That split decides your whole GEO strategy. Here is why.
Google Webmaster? Google Gives Site Owners an AI Button, But Not a New Deal
Google’s new Search generative AI control is useful, overdue, and beyond limited – to the point of uselessness? Site owners…
Hidden Prompt Injection vs. Twelve AI Assistants: One Obeyed, Three Warned the User
Our investigation into prompt injection all began with a surprising inquiry from one of our clients. They had found a…
German Court Tells Google: Your AI Answers Are Your Problem
A German court has ruled that Google can be held directly liable for false claims made by its AI Overviews,…
Do AI Assistants Actually Render Your JavaScript when Grounding? We Put It to the Test.
Our investigation into how AI assistants read web pages all began with a surprising inquiry from one of our clients.…
Gemini 3.5 Flash : Fast Answers Are Not the Same as Honest Answers
Mashable is raising a sharp question about Google’s Gemini v3.5 Flash: what happens when an AI model is fast, useful,…
Google Search Is Moving From Links To AI Tasks with new Slop Box
Google is turning the Search box into something much closer to an AI central command center. While most SEO’s put…
Yet more Google Ads (adwords) Account Takeovers Happening now
In the last 72 hours, we have heard of multiple marketing agencies that have had their Google accounts taken over.…
Google Expands Personal Intelligence in Search
Google has expanded “Personal Intelligence” in the U.S. across AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app, and Gemini in Chrome.…
Google Expands Stitch Into a Full AI UI Design Workspace
They’re calling the new paradigm “vibe design” – which sounds more like marketing fluff (and it is) until you realize…
The Trust Stack: LLM Inputs – What Can We Push?
The current situation we are in was artfully describe by the hero robot from the 80’s classic Short Circuit. Johnny…
Grounding in Truth – What are The Surfaces that Matter to LLMs?
We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how information “surfaces” are valued. While a “website” defined the first 30 years…
Google’s Personal Intelligence AI Mode
Remember when Google Gmail caught so much grief for reading your inbox? Well, here we go again for the AI…
Gmail Gets AI Treatment with Gemini Inbox Features
Gmail update Argh, AI in Gmail too. Google says Gmail is entering the “Gemini era.” Last updated: Jan 8, 2026…