Journalists Call Google AI a Serious Threat to Internet

TheWho79 writes: It is true, Google AI is stomping on the entire internet. From HuffPost to the Atlantic, publishers prepare to pivot or shut the doors. A story in WallStreetJournal

Traffic from organic search to HuffPost’s desktop and mobile websites fell by just over half in the past three years, and by nearly that much at the Washington Post, according to digital market data firm Similarweb.

Even highly regarded old school bullet-proof publications like Washington Post are getting hit hard.

The rapid development of click-free answers in search “is a serious threat to journalism that should not be underestimated,” said William Lewis, the Washington Post’s publisher and chief executive. Lewis is former CEO of the Journal’s publisher, Dow Jones.