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As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue

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55 points elektor | 1 comments | 26 Jun 25 17:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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dpacmittal ◴[26 Jun 25 18:00 UTC] No.44389729[source]▶
Is it only me who feels its incredibly unfair for publishers, that not only did big tech trained their LLMs on free content authored by these publishers, but it's also killing their future revenue. It's like stealing from someone and then making sure they never make money again.
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1. 1vuio0pswjnm7 ◴[27 Jun 25 05:05 UTC] No.44393840[source]▶
It's not only you. "Big Tech" does not create anything. Even when it clearly has the budget to do so. Instead, it copies and intermediates (plays the middleman).