🎬 Scene 1: When Giants Clash
Rolling Stone, Billboard & Variety owner Penske Media sues Google over its AI Overviews. They claim Google is using their journalism to generate summaries without compensation — and that it’s slicing traffic, affiliate revenue, and forcing a choice: be referenced or be seen.
🎬 Scene 2: The Dictionary Wars
Britannica and Merriam-Webster are suing Perplexity for copy-pasting their definitions. Basically, Perplexity is that kid in class who rewrote your essay word-for-word and swore it was “inspired.” Spoiler: the teachers are not amused.
🎬 Scene 3: Goodbye to the Open Web?
Google finally admitted the “open web” is in rapid decline. Translation: the internet is turning into a gated community, and unless you know the password, you’re not getting invited to brunch.
🌟 Character of the Week: Jay Penske
CEO of Penske Media — aka the man who just dragged Google into court.
Heir to a racing empire turned media mogul, who owns Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Variety. He’s spent the last two decades buying up legacy media brands like a collector of rare vinyls — and now he’s playing his most dramatic card yet.
This week, Penske filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing its shiny new AI Overviews of stealing journalism without permission and tanking publishers’ traffic. His claim: Google’s basically that toxic ex who wants “just a little taste” of your work, but doesn’t call you back when it counts.
Jay’s move could become a season-defining plot twist in the AI vs. media saga. If he wins, publishers everywhere might finally get compensated for their content. If he loses? Well… the open web risks fading into reruns.
😂 Blooper Reel:
Lawyers Get Caught Over-Trusting AI in Legal Filings: There’s a rising number of cases (120+) where AI hallucinations ‒ fake citations & made-up case law ‒ ended up being inserted into official court documents. And in many, legal professionals themselves (not just litigants) are responsible.
AI tool suggests glue in pizza sauce: Google’s AI Overviews was found to be making up dangerous / useless suggestions like “add glue to pizza sauce so the cheese sticks better.”
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