David Pierce and Nilay Patel examine how Google's AI search results ('Google Zero') are decimating web traffic, with Reddit reportedly threatening to cut ties and publishers beginning to push back. They discuss the EU's $1 billion antitrust fine against Google and the explosive growth of Gemini. A big week in AI detection reveals that tools are still wildly unreliable. The show ends with segments on the Light Flip minimalist phone and a pointed jab at FCC commissioner Brendan Carr.
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Google Zero starves publishers
Google's AI-generated search answers keep users on its own page, cutting traffic to external websites enough that Reddit is threatening to block Google.
A big week for AI detection tools showed they frequently fail: Meta's new system was outperformed by Google's, and an OpenAI model accidentally hacked Hugging Face.