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Authors Face Backlash For Participation In 2022 Google AI Study

Steadyslow burnNo spike - 2 outlets kept this alive across 15 days and 31 reports.
Tue, 11 August 2026peak 5 reports on Tue, 8 September 2026Thu, 10 September 2026

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11 Aug, 18:24over 30 days10 Sept, 19:30

How it spread - 31 original reports

  1. Tue, 11 August 2026

    1 report
  2. Thu, 20 August 2026

    2 reports
    • Google News - Top Stories19:18

      Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses TechCrunch Personalize the content you see on Search, Discover, and News blog.google Google Expands Personalization Across Search, Discover & News Search Engine Journal Google Now Allows You To Add Your Favorite New Sources To Search Engadget Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed The Verge

    • Google News - Top Stories21:50

      Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed The Verge Personalize the content you see on Search, Discover, and News blog.google Google Expands Personalization Across Search, Discover & News Search Engine Journal Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses TechCrunch Google Now Allows You To Add Your Favorite New Sources To Search Engadget

  3. Mon, 24 August 2026

    1 report
  4. Fri, 28 August 2026

    1 report
    • Google News - Top Stories22:48

      Google further buries search results under AI mode The Verge Google Making AI Overviews Into AI Mode Responses Search Engine Roundtable Hate AI Search Results? Tough. Google Is Expanding Them Even More PCMag Google Brings Developing-Topic Link Carousels To AI Mode Search Engine Journal Explaining AI Mode PPC Land

  5. Sat, 29 August 2026

    1 report
  6. Mon, 31 August 2026

    2 reports
    • Google News - Top Stories13:00

      Instagram cracks down on AI accounts pretending to be human The Verge Instagram Will Demote AI-Generated Influencers If They Don't Clearly Label Their Account Engadget Instagram Renames AI Creator Label and Restricts Unlabeled AI-Generated Profiles Unite.AI Instagram Takes Aim at AI Influencers Pretending to Be Real People. innovation-village.com Instagram to limit reach Of AI influencers that fail to clearly flag their accounts Firstpost

    • Google News - Top Stories20:32

      Chatbots got safer but will still role-play self-harm with users The Washington Post Study: Chatbots are getting better at identifying suicide risk axios.com AI chatbots are safer than before, but they still have a troubling blind spot Digital Trends Study finds ChatGPT less likely to encourage suicidal thoughts, but problems remain Crypto Briefing Modern AI models are less likely to encourage suicide, but they still help write suicide notes dev.ua

  7. Tue, 1 September 2026

    1 report
    • Google News - Top Stories17:35

      Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design TechCrunch Try Google Pics: Easy image creation and editing in Google Workspace blog.google Meet Google Pics, a new tool to rival Canva, Adobe Express, and Microsoft Designer Neowin Google Pics promises an end to "prompt-and-pray" AI graphic design Android Police Google Blog Launches Google Pics For AI Pro, Ultra Subscribers & Most Workspace Business Customers TradingView

  8. Wed, 2 September 2026

    3 reports
  9. Fri, 4 September 2026

    3 reports
  10. Sat, 5 September 2026

    3 reports
    • Google News - Top Stories11:15

      OpenAI admits to German wiki ‘incident’ The Verge Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. The New York Times OpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident' and need for more transparency around unintended AI behavior Reuters AI agents conspired to escape their cage. Experts now fear a global ‘takeover’ The Telegraph OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki Ars Technica

    • Google News - Top Stories15:28

      OpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident' and need for more transparency around unintended AI behavior Reuters AI agents conspired to escape their cage. Experts now fear a global ‘takeover’ The Telegraph Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. The New York Times OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki Ars Technica Thousands of OpenAI's AI agents hacked a German website and the reason may scare many The Times of India

    • Google News - Top Stories20:01

      OpenAI Says It Wants to Create a Standard for Revealing AI Alignment Meltdowns Gizmodo OpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident' and need for more transparency around unintended AI behavior Reuters Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. The New York Times AI agents conspired to escape their cage. Experts now fear a global ‘takeover’ The Telegraph Security News This Week: OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Website WIRED

  11. Sun, 6 September 2026

    1 report
  12. Mon, 7 September 2026

    3 reports
  13. Tue, 8 September 2026

    5 reports
  14. Wed, 9 September 2026

    2 reports
  15. Thu, 10 September 2026

    2 reports
    • Google News - Top Stories13:00

      Snapchat takes aim at Partiful with new event-planning features TechCrunch Making Plans IRL Just Got Easier on Snapchat Snap Newsroom Snapchat makes it easier to plan events and meetups The Verge Snap Launches Planning Feature to Make Meet-Ups With Friends Bloomberg.com Snap Adds Party Planning as It Argues It Isn't Social Media Yahoo Finance

    • Google News - Top Stories19:30

      Google’s hyper-personalized ‘Dreambeans’ feed is now free to test [U] 9to5Google Dreambeans: Daily stories, brewed just for you, now available to all accounts in the U.S. blog.google Google’s Dreambeans AI app is rolling out to everyone in the US. The Verge Dreambeans is Now Available to Google AI Subscribers in the U.S. Thurrott.com Google Dreambeans is now available to all US users; yes, even free tiers XDA

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