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Preferred Sources & AI Mode Are Creating Filter Bubbles – A New Discovery Proble

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27 May
Google Preferred Sources Hit 345K, Expand Into AI Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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24 Mar
The Science Of How AI Picks Its Sources via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

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