
AI
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic will honor a shared robots.txt signal that lets publishers opt out of AI scraping in one step instead of dealing with each company separately.
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No phones and 6 stories for “publishers”

AI
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic will honor a shared robots.txt signal that lets publishers opt out of AI scraping in one step instead of dealing with each company separately.

Tech
Google's AI search tools are cutting into publisher traffic, pushing some to plan for a future without the search giant.

Tech
Facebook now limits Pages to two links a month unless owners pay a subscription starting at around $50 — with comments included. The plan isn't available in the UK yet.

Tech
YouTube is reportedly in talks with publishers about an audiobook feature that could launch next year and may be bundled with YouTube Premium, following a Wall Street Journal report.

Gaming
Hundreds of AI-decompiled game ports have hit web browsers in recent weeks, including GTA: Vice City and Halo: CE. Some run flawlessly, and publishers are left playing legal whack-a-mole.

AI
Workers at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette say AI is being used for publicity copy, cover art, and emails without author consent, sparking internal backlash.