March 7, 2026

A recent study found that AI answers contain ~12 links on average, but many of them point to Google’s own services, especially Google Maps business profiles. Some interesting takeaways: • Only ~14% of links overlap with the top 10 organic search results• Sources change frequently, even for the same query• Common citations include Wikipedia, Reddit,

Starting March 3, 2026, Apple increased the number of ad placements in App Store search results, with a rollout that began in the UK and Japan and will expand globally by the end of March. This is the most significant change to App Store search ads since their launch in 2016. The new setup introduces

New research on AI & jobs just dropped, and the results might surprise you. Key takeaways from a major 2026 study on AI and the labor market: 1️⃣ AI’s real impact is still small. Even though many tasks could be automated, actual AI usage covers only a fraction of what’s theoretically possible. 2️⃣ Some jobs

OpenAI has released GPT-5.4, its most capable and efficient model yet for professional work. The new model combines advances in reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows building on the coding strengths of GPT-5.3-Codex while significantly improving tasks across spreadsheets, documents, presentations, and complex workflows. Key highlights: • State-of-the-art performance across knowledge work benchmarks (83% win/tie vs

Employees from Google and OpenAI have just gone public with a major warning. In a joint letter, hundreds of tech workers are pushing back against the militarization of AI and rejecting: → AI-powered surveillance→ Autonomous weapons→ Pentagon pressure on AI companies They’re also standing in solidarity with Anthropic employees who raised similar concerns. Full letter:

According to reports, OpenAI has held early talks with The Trade Desk about helping sell ads on the ChatGPT platform. The discussions suggest OpenAI may initially rely on established ad-tech partners to scale advertising across ChatGPT’s free and lower-priced tiers. At the same time, the company reportedly plans to develop its own advertising technology in

OpenAI is reportedly moving e-commerce checkout out of ChatGPT and into external apps instead. The feature launched last year allowed users to buy directly from merchants like Etsy and Shopify without leaving the chat. Now the plan is to shift “Instant Checkout” to the Apps ecosystem, likely to reduce complexity around: – real-time pricing &

Here’s why most Meta accounts aren’t actually optimizing for profit ↓ “Performance” in Meta usually means revenue. But revenue ≠ profit. That disconnect is where growth stalls. This is the real Meta Ads problem, in sequence: Tracking misses conversions Browser restrictions and blockers create blind spots. Your algorithm optimizes on incomplete data. Algorithms optimize for

Very few are scaling profit. ROAS tells you how much revenue your ads generate. But it ignores the costs that actually decide if your business makes money. Think about it. ROAS doesn’t include: • product costs• shipping• payment fees• returns and discounts So you can hit a “great” ROAS… and still lose money. That’s the