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Google Strikes Tough Negotiating Stance With Publishers on AI Licensing

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Google is tightening the screws on news publishers. In recent months, the tech giant has been pitching publishers on a pilot program to test new AI features in Google News. The program, announced in December with initial partners such as The Washington Post and The Guardian, offers publishers promotion in “AI-powered article overviews” in Google News and its AI chatbot, Gemini.
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Bumble Explores Sale as Dating App Growth Slows

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Source: Reuters Bumble is exploring a sale, Reuters reported Thursday, a sign of the struggles that the company has had with slowing growth and declining users over the past few years. The company is working with bankers at Morgan Stanley on a potential sale, the report said, though Bumble may not end up selling. A final decision is likely up to Bumble’s two big shareholders, Blackstone and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, who between them control 84% of the vote.
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OpenAI Execs Tout Ad Progress at Cannes

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Source: Ad Age OpenAI’s ad chief Dave Dugan said at Cannes this week that around 20% of ChatGPT queries have a “direct commercial intent,” demonstrating that a user is looking to buy a specific product. A greater proportion of queries, he said, extend beyond requests for specific products and signal that the user could be interested in purchasing something down the line.
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