Seven Publisher Groups Press EU and Canada on AI Search Summaries Ahead of Montreal Declaration
TLDR
Seven publisher groups are asking the EU and Canada to act on AI search summaries, backing the SPUR telemetry standard and seeking a pledge at the Oct 29-30 Montreal declaration.
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Seven publisher groups want the EU and Canada to act on AI search summaries, and PPC Land reports that they are backing the SPUR telemetry standard. The publishers are seeking a pledge at the Oct 29-30 Montreal declaration, and the question is whether leaders will commit to monitoring how AI is used with news content.
How we got here
- Oct 24European publishers ask EU to stop Meta's AI crawling and training practices before November 20
European publishers are pushing the EU to intervene in Meta's AI crawling and training practices, arguing the company's opt-out terms are insufficient before a November 20 deadline.
- Oct 22News/Media Alliance Pressures Meta Over AI Crawling Practices, Sets Oct. 26 Deadline
The News/Media Alliance, representing 2,000+ US publishers, challenged Meta's AI crawling terms and set an Oct. 26 deadline for clarification, calling the revised clause anticompetitive.
- Oct 22Publishers are building a transatlantic legislative push to require AI bots to identify themselves
Publishers are coordinating across the US and EU to push for legislation requiring AI bots to identify themselves as a defense against scraping.
- Oct 20European regulators tell AI developers to respect robots.txt and six other data minimization steps
European data regulators issued guidelines telling AI developers to respect robots.txt blocks and adopt six other data minimization practices, with public comment closing October 30.