Visits to major US news websites have plummeted since Google rolled out its artificial intelligence search feature last year – with some plunging 40%, according to troubling new data.

Back in 2020, Google made a $1B investment for partnerships with news publishers and introduced "News Showcase," aimed at benefitting both publishers and readers. As of June 2023, more than 2,300 publications globally were part of "News Showcase" and the product had a presence in 22 countries, according to Google.

Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person.