Meta's AI Mode Search Struggles With Accuracy When Grounded in Facebook Posts
Meta's new AI-powered search feature draws on Facebook and Instagram posts to answer queries, but early testing reveals it hallucinates citations and delivers outdated information.
60% of US consumers view 'AI' branding as a turnoff, WordPress VIP survey finds
A WordPress VIP survey of 2,000 US respondents reveals deep consumer skepticism about AI-labeled content, even as enterprises report growing traffic from AI search platforms.
CNN sues Perplexity for generating verbatim article excerpts without permission
CNN alleges Perplexity's AI tools reproduce its reporting word-for-word and bypass paywalls, joining a growing roster of publishers pursuing copyright claims against the search startup.
A New Wave of AI Search Startups Emerges to Challenge Google and OpenAI
Venture-backed startups including Exa Labs and Parallel Web Systems are raising hundreds of millions to build alternatives to traditional search and ChatGPT's search interface.
Can LLM Biases Be Weaponized to Hijack AI Search Overviews?
A new arXiv preprint examines whether known large language model biases can be deliberately exploited to distort AI-generated search summaries.