"Artificial intelligence itself could deteriorate if no action is taken. In 2024, bot activity accounted for almost half of internet traffic. This poses a serious problem: language models are trained with data pulled from the web. When these models begin to be fed with information they themselves have generated, it leads to a so-called “model collapse.” "
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-07-20/the-bewildering-phenomenon-of-declining-quality.html
There's another issue: Google has recently added a Google AI summary at the top of nearly every search.
ReplyDeleteMany people are going to read the AI Summary and will never scroll down to click on the various website listed.
Not only does this threaten website ad income (no mo' clicks), but once that ad revenue declines, websites will decline to publish for free, the very information on which Google AI depends!