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​Since August 8, the default model for ChatGPT is GPT-5.6: Reddit, arXiv, YouTube have dropped in citations
Tomek Rudzki
Tomek’s analysis found that after the GPT-5.6 rollout, ChatGPT citations to Reddit fell by 88%, arXiv by 84% and YouTube by 78%. Reddit was also retrieved as a candidate source 63% less often and cited less frequently when retrieved.

Google Expands Generative UI Beyond AI Mode Into AI Overviews
Matt G. Southern
Google's generative UI, which builds custom visual layouts and interactive tools, has started reaching AI Overviews after launching in AI Mode last year.

Google: Subject/Object Entity Order Affects AI Answers
Roger Montti
Google's research shows that LLMs experience difficulty recalling facts when questions reverse the usual subject/object entity order.

OpenAI expands ChatGPT Ads across Europe
OpenAI
OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT Ads to 31 European markets, including Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, six months after it began testing ads in the United States. The company explained that “Advertisers will initially access ChatGPT Ads through the OpenAI Ads Solutions team, agency partners, and technology partners. Self-service access through Ads Manager will follow later this summer”.

LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working
Karissa Bell
LinkedIn reports that its new dedicated AI slop reporting tool is effectively improving feed quality. The "seems like AI slop" button has already been used over a million times since launch, according to CPO Hari Srinivasan. Additionally, the platform is introducing notifications to alert users when others flag their posts as AI slop.

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Third-Party Citation Optimization Prioritization in an AI Search Era: A Framework + Worksheet
Aleyda Solis
To analyze which third-party citations and platforms are worth investing in across changing AI search engines, Aleyda created a Third-Party Citation Prioritization Framework in an AI Search Era, with a worksheet assessing what to maximize, what to minimize, where each type of presence is usually developed, which marketing departments we should align with, and its expected influence, marketing and business value.

​“ChatGPT Rebuilt Its Search Tool. I Read the New Language It Speaks”
Suganthan Mohanadasan
Suganthan shares how between August 16th and 20th, ChatGPT's search tool evolved from JSON to a compact query language with freshness windows, domain targeting, and specialized verticals. He captured both sides of the change and explains what it means for SEOs.

How to Publish Citation-Worthy Content
Shannon Vize
Shannon shares 11 practical ways to create citation-worthy content for AI search and SEO, from intent mapping and chunkability to authority and content freshness.

Reddit’s ChatGPT Search citations fell 86% in four days: Report
Danny Goodwin
Reddit's share of ChatGPT Search citations fell from 3.83% to an average of 0.52% between Aug. 14 and Aug. 17, Promptwatch report states. The data shows when the shift occurred, not why, the company said, adding that the findings are provisional while it continues monitoring.

Slop Antibodies
Kevin Indig
Kevin shares how the connection between slop, watermarking, and commodity content shows us the blueprint for successful content in the AI era.

AI Overviews just launched in France, and they already appear on more than 52% of searches
Yulia Deda
Yulia analyzed 100,000 keywords across 20 niches in France to see whether an AI Overview appeared and, where available, its position in the SERP. The study found that YouTube appears in 51.31% of answers and accounts for 14.33% of all citations.

“We Analyzed Millions of AI Bot Scrapes. Here are 6 Crazy Things We Found”
Stephanie Heitman
Stephanie analyzed millions of AI bot scrapes to see how often AI bots scrape WordStream’s site and whether those scrapes resulted in traffic. The study found that AI bots scraped the site millions of times but referred a much lower volume of traffic, a scrape-to-referral ratio of 201:1. 

Decision Coverage: Why AI Recommends Some Brands And Not Others
Bill Hunt
Bill shares how a SaaS brand vanished from AI recommendations for SMBs, not from weak authority but from missing evidence, revealing what decision coverage actually measures.

What We Can Learn from Evolving ChatGPT Fan-Out Queries
Lily Ray
Lily argues that ChatGPT is scoping its fan-out searches to sites it already trusts, and the site: operator helps reduce spammy results. See what the recent industry research reveals.

How to Find Real AI Prompts & Use Them for Your SEO/GEO/AEO Strategy
Ann Smarty
Ann walks through how to find real prompts in Google’s Search Console using tools and what to do with the prompt data.

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