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New research indicates Google's AI mode reduces organic click-through rates and produces a poor user experience for searchers.
Google Lighthouse 13.5 introduces a new audit for AI agent resource discovery, though its approach differs from the current ARD specification.
Job board operators are experiencing multi-month approval delays for Google's Indexing API with no documented review timeline from Google.
Major payment processors have yet to announce live agentic commerce merchants, raising questions about the technology's actual market readiness.
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke warns that unreviewed AI-generated output is creating extra work for colleagues, a trend freelance marketplace data reflects industry-wide.
Meta is expanding Muse, its personal AI tool, by adding new agent connections and releasing a Mac version.
Warp CEO Zach Lloyd discusses how the company's AI-powered software factory automates code generation, review, and deployment at scale.