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First Systematic ChatGPT Ads Audit Finds Higher Exposure for Lower-Income Accounts
The first systematic empirical audit of advertising in ChatGPT found that synthetic accounts signaling lower income were more likely to receive ads than higher-income accounts, reg...
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Controlled Google Test Finds AI Mode Cuts Publisher Clicks Without Improving Search Experience
A preregistered field experiment involving 1,100 Google Search users found that removing AI Overviews and AI Mode increased click-through rates to publishers, while an AI Mode-only...
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Google Can Cluster Parked-Domain Pages Into One Canonical Group: Why Placeholder Templates Create Indexing Confusion
Google can quickly recognize highly similar parked-domain and placeholder pages as a single group and canonicalize them against one another, according to a public clarification fro...
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ChatGPT Citations Shift Away From YouTube: Retrieval May Continue Even When Visible Attribution Disappears
An independent analysis published on September 24, 2026 reports a dramatic shift in the sources visibly cited by ChatGPT, with YouTube's citation share reportedly falling 91% compa...
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ChatGPT Sites Become Agentic Hubs: Embedded Plugins Can Continuously Refresh Shared Information
OpenAI is turning ChatGPT Sites into more active shared workspaces by allowing Sites to host Plugins and automations directly. Announced on September 29, 2026, the feature lets a S...
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ChatGPT Adds Public Creator Profiles: Sites and Plugins Gain a New AI-Native Discovery Surface
OpenAI is adding Shareable Profiles to ChatGPT, creating a new discovery surface for the Sites, Plugins and other resources people build inside the platform. Announced on September...
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OpenAI Launches Decisions API: AI Agents Can Classify Content and Choose Retrieval Paths in Real Time
OpenAI has introduced the Decisions API, a new developer interface designed to turn AI reasoning into constrained, application-ready decisions rather than open-ended text responses...
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OpenAI Launches Decisions API: AI Agents Can Now Classify Content and Choose Retrieval Paths in Real Time
OpenAI has introduced the Decisions API, a new developer interface designed to turn model intelligence into structured, finite decisions that software can act on immediately. Annou...
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Google Maps Bug Sends Service-Area Businesses Into the Ocean: Check Pins Before Local Visibility and Leads Are Lost
Google Maps is reportedly putting some service-area businesses in an unlikely place: the middle of the ocean. The issue, reported on September 29, appears to affect Google Business...
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Google Adds ‘Misuse of Support Channels’ Rule to Business Profile Policies
Google has added a new “Misuse of support channels” section to its Business Profile third-party policies, making responsible use of its support paths an explicit requirement.The ne...
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OpenAI Replaces ChatGPT Agent With ChatGPT Work, but Its Documentation Is Still Mid-Migration
OpenAI’s Help Center now states that “ChatGPT agent is no longer available” and directs users toward ChatGPT Work for longer, multi-step work and a new cloud browser for browsing t...
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