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author: BLOOD IN THE MACHINE and THE ONE DEVICE editor: TERRAFORM formerly: LA Times tech columnist, Motherboard, etc

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3 months ago

This will be framed as a win—but it’s only a win for Google. In exchange for gutting the CA journalism law, which would have put a durable mechanism into place to share ad revenue from stories on its platform, it’s a paltry payout—and *AI initiatives* rammed down our throats.

This will be framed as a win—but it’s only a win for Google. In exchange for gutting the CA journalism law, which would have put a durable mechanism into place to share ad revenue from stories on its platform, it’s a paltry payout—and *AI initiatives* rammed down our throats.