Thoughts on the ten-year moratorium on US states regulating AI and Big Tech algorithms

We are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately — Trump

Edited Jun 27, 1:59 PM

AI and zero-click internet are killing the web’s business model

AI and zero-click searches are killing the business model of the web that has sustained content creators for the last 15+ years. It’s an opinion that is shared by many, including Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, who recently warned that “search drives everything that happens online.”

It’s been known for some time that the web is changing into the Zero-Click Internet, the name for when users no longer need to click on links to find whatever content they want.

Social media sites stopped promoting posts with links years ago, posting content directly on the platforms so users don’t have to leave them. With the advent of generative AI, people are having their queries answered directly on Google’s search page – no need to click on a website to find an answer.

The main issue is that nobody is going to want to create new content when they get paid nothing or almost nothing for doing so. This is especially true when it comes to smaller, independent, impartial sites that AI companies might not partner with. And let’s not forget how often AI gets things completely wrong.

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