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“Whether its memory was on or off, ChatGPT rarely gave direct advice on how people should vote: the judges found an outright endorsement of a candidate in only 2 of 576 voting-advice answers. Still, answers with memory differ significantly in structure; for example, they cited government websites slightly less often and were 3% shorter.” —HT
“The reviews feature collects and analyzes threads and comments across subreddits that discuss specific products, pulling the information into one product page. To start, it will cover 10,000 items in the electronics, health and beauty, home and garden, and fashion and apparel categories.” Watch out, Wirecutter. —SS
Substack, however, stands out: Its visibility actually increased, according to SEO platform Sistrix. —LO
“Swedish media companies have protested that the terms could give Meta the right to retrieve and use journalistic material, including in the company’s AI services…In a decision dated November 10, the Swedish Competition Authority writes that there is no longer any procedure that the authority can intervene against. The case is closed.” —HT
“In partnership with local media company Titania Yayıncılık, The Hollywood Reporter Türkiye will roll out in Dec. 2026 with a monthly print edition complemented by digital and video content.” —LO
“We do tell stories that the other media in Hebrew in Israel does not cover.” —SS
“Thumann, who serves as senior counsel to Carr, is expected to be approved as commissioner, with Republicans in charge of the U.S. Senate and House. But Ben Ray Luján, a senator of New Mexico, assured her that the commission’s actions will be under close scrutiny when Democrats take charge of the chamber in January.” —LO
Michael Abramowitz “wrote in a statement that he is ‘gratified’ by the ruling and eager to get back to work.” —LO
“When a free press reports on the operations of government, it will often be the case that reporting exposes matters that the government might wish undisclosed, either to save itself from embarrassment or because it simply prefers to have its actions unexamined,” the judge wrote. “This does not confer upon government the right to silence.” —HT
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