Saturday, October 31, 2026
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Answer Engines
7Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences
OpenAI said it will honor a shared robots.txt signal that lets website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.
Reddit CEO Says Google’s AI Mode ‘Does Not Drive Traffic’
Reddit's chief executive says Google's AI Mode does not drive traffic to the site, as search referrals fall. Reddit is testing a login-only mode, which it says protects its audience and its business.
Supporting a shared AI training control for websites
Google plans to support a shared AI training control in robots.txt, letting a site state its AI training preferences to several providers in one step. The signal comes from the AIPREF working group at the Internet Engineering Task Force and extends the Google-Extended control Google has offered since 2023.
Online publishers file complaint against Google with the European Commission
Five French organisations representing press, online publishers and digital marketing filed a complaint with the European Commission against Google over the conditions for deploying AI Overviews and AI Mode in France.
ChatGPT Ads Turns On Automatic Ad Changes By Default
Creative enhancements are now on by default in ChatGPT Ads, and advertisers can opt out. The change lets the system adjust ad creative without a separate request from the advertiser.
ChatGPT Gets Wider Ads, Multi-Image Ads Expands, Expansion & More
OpenAI told advertisers that ChatGPT Ads are now live in 26 more countries, in the weekly update email Search Engine Roundtable reviewed. A wider standard ad unit has launched, multi-image ads are in open beta for all advertisers, and the Shopify integration is now available internationally.
Agent-to-Agent Marketing
2Shopify Now Lets Stores Pay The Company Behind Your AI Shopping Agent
Shopify's product catalog now returns a commission next to each promoted product's price and reviews, so a store can pay the company that operates an AI shopping agent. How an agent uses that commission depends on the developer who built it.
DoorDash said it’s only received ‘several hundred’ orders from AI agents
DoorDash said it has received only "several hundred" orders placed by AI agents. The company said it is open to working with third-party agent makers.