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Google is testing ads in AI Mode that can draw on summaries from a user's Gmail, Photos and other linked apps. Advertisers get no new controls.

Obsidian Media pays DKK 400,000 in Denmark for product tests it never ran. From 12 November, Claude's rules also ban sites built to steer AI answers.

Google has started the US rollout of Universal Cart in Search and the Gemini app, five months after showing it at I/O. YouTube and Gmail, promised in May, are not part of the launch.

Google does not ban AI content, but four of its rulebooks punish missing human work. Its Discover team is meanwhile hiring to recommend AI-written stories.

Four Google job ads describe AI agents that write content for Discover. The feed has more than 500 million daily users.

Google, OpenAI, Meta and TikTok mark AI content in different ways, and their checkers do not read each other's marks. Under the AI Act, the label on an ad is the advertiser's job.

Google has opened SynthID Detector to the public. The free website checks images, video and audio for the hidden SynthID watermark used by Google, OpenAI, Nvidia and Kakao.

Google opened Search Profiles to creators and publishers in India and Canada on 6 October. Robby Stein, who runs product for Google Search, said Brazil will follow soon.

Both sides accept the core remedies, from Prebid access to separate DFP and AdX contracts. They disagree on deadlines, global reach and the monitor's powers.

A federal judge in Washington ruled that Google never promised publishers traffic in return for their content. Both suits were dismissed in a 41-page opinion.

The jump started on 18 September and peaked at 90.48% on 27 September. Google has not announced any change.

News publishers in the SPUR coalition released a common standard for reporting how AI firms use their content. Five AI companies were asked to join an advisory board.