In 1998, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, were still students at Stanford when they intro'd Google search prototype in their now-famous paper. Now, decades later, generative AI is creating new challenges and reminding everyone of old ones.
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Google Zero Impact on Search Publishers and Marketers
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Earlier this fall, I was invited to write a column for @Inc
's final print issue of 2025 reflecting on Google Zero, the impact it's had this year, and why publishers and marketers alike are wary of the new frontier of search. Excited to see the piece live online a few days ago! -
DHS Intelligence Sharing Threat Information State Local Governments
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“DHS' Office of Intelligence & Analysis — created after the September 11 terrorist attacks — is the only member of the U.S. intelligence community tasked with sharing threat information to state, local, tribal and territorial governments across the country.”
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FTC Releases Surveillance Pricing Study Report
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NRF Sues to Block New York Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Law
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The @NRFnews has filed a lawsuit against New York State’s attorney general asking a federal judge to block enforcement of a new “surveillance pricing” law. For anyone curious, I wrote out some info about the lawsuit and the rules: Called the “Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure
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Private Sector Job Gap Amid Senate Budget Cuts
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A 128,000-job gap between the expected number and the actual number.
— Marty Swant (@martyswant) 2 juillet 2025
The new ADP report about private sector jobs comes a day after Senate Republicans approved a massive reconciliation bill that would cut funding for various social safety net programs. https://t.co/4XeANsMAcPA 128,000-job gap between the expected number and the actual number. The new ADP report about private sector jobs comes a day after Senate Republicans approved a massive reconciliation bill that would cut funding for various social safety net programs.
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AI Agents: Outcome-Based Thinking and Business Logic Blueprints
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ICYMI: here’s my @VentureBeat story from last week’s #VBtransform event. One of the shifts in thinking needed for AI agents is understanding the outcome-based nature. @may_habib also noted the benefits of building blueprints for agents that instruct them with business logic.
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California, Colorado, Utah Pass AI Regulation Laws
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Context: California, Colorado and Utah have each already passed new state laws to regulate automated decision-making systems, generative AI systems and/or synthetic content. Most states have AI-related bills in progress, mostly at earlier stages in the legislative process.
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Civil Liberties Groups Oppose AI Ban Proposals
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Civil liberties organizations, the National Conference of State Legislatures and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, and other have opposed both the 10-year AI ban and the 5-year version.
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Senate Amendment Seeks Strip AI Consumer Protection Five-Year Compromise
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Big update on the budget reconciliation provision that would ban states and local governments from creating or enforcing AI-related consumer protections. Senators @SenMarkey and @SenatorCantwell had already filed their own amendment today to strip the 5-year compromise.