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<p>Akamai breaks down which AI bots are hitting publishing, who operates them, and why fetcher bots may pose a more immediate risk.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google Analytics now separates AI assistant traffic from referrals with a new default channel group for recognized chatbot referrers like ChatGPT and Gemini.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>A randomized field experiment found Google AI Overviews reduced organic clicks on triggered queries by 38%, while user experience ratings stayed unchanged.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Cloudflare now lets all sites manage AI crawlers as Search, Agent, or Training, with Sept. 15 defaults that can block Googlebot for sites blocking training.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Publishers are blocking AI crawlers on a metric whose denominator is missing an unknown share of referrals.</p> <p>The post <a