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OpenAI Says Robots.txt May Not Apply To ChatGPT’s Fetch Bot
OpenAI has acknowledged that its ChatGPT fetch bot may not respect the Robots.txt protocol, allowing it to access content that webmasters have explicitly disallowed.
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Gemini 3.7 Flash now available in Google Search for AI Pro & Ultra subscribers
Google is rolling out Gemini 3.7 Flash, its latest AI model, to Google Search for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. The model is designed to enhance coding and agent capabilities within the search platform.
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300 French Newspapers File Complaint Over Google AI Overviews
Nearly 300 French newspapers have filed a complaint with France’s competition authority, accusing Google of violating a compensation agreement by launching AI-generated search summaries without their consent, further reducing traffic to their websites.