Why AI search tools pose an 'existential threat' to news publishers

SCOOP © FRANCE 24
Issued on:  28/06/2025 - 
12:59 min
From the show

AI Overview, ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Perplexity: the list goes on. AI-powered tools are replacing Google searches and causing chaos among news publishers. AI summaries eliminate the need to click on blue links and as a result, traffic and ad revenue at some news sites have been plummeting. This week's guest on FRANCE 24's media show Scoop is Klaudia Jaźwińska, a researcher and journalist at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism

By: William HILDERBRANDT 

Video by:  FRANCE 24