Google got caught saying the open web is in ‘rapid decline,’ and publishers are up in arms about its AI ‘content theft’

Google says the web is thriving and it’s in “rapid decline,” as publishers accuse it of “theft” and being a “bad actor.” So ...

'The fact is that today, the open web is already in rapid decline,' says Google in court, then quickly rows back on that statement

"It's clear from the preceding sentence that we're referring to 'open-web display advertising' and not the open web as a ...

Google admits the open web is ‘in rapid decline’ — reversing earlier claim that traffic is ‘thriving’

Google privately told a federal court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a sharp reversal from its public ...
Tech Times

Google Admits Open Web is Declining Despite Claims of a Thriving Search Ecosystem

Google's court filing reveals the open web is in decline, contradicting its previous claims, while new ad formats and AI ...
ExchangeWire

The Open Web: Dead, Alive, or Just Complicated?

Google kills* the open web. Amazon kills* The Trade Desk, which kills* the open web. GenAI kills* search, the open web, and ...

In court filing, Google concedes the open web is in “rapid decline”

A recent analysis of AI Overviews web traffic from the Pew Research Center suggests AI Overviews results in a substantial ...

Google really doesn't want you to think the open web is in decline

Google said that the open web is "in rapid decline" as it tries to defend a breakup of its ads business, but later clarified ...
Futurism on MSN

Google Says the Open Web Is Now in "Rapid Decline"

In a major change in tune, Google has admitted that the "open web is already in rapid decline" — despite arguing that the ...
TechCrunch

The open web is not going away

Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, and Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress, recently posted calls to arms (of sorts) in defense of the “open web.” I, too, am a believer in the open web — a ...