OpenAI says GPT-5.5 Instant, the free default ChatGPT model, now performs comparably to its frontier models on the company’s own health evaluations. The post OpenAI Brings Improved Health Responses To Free ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
A coalition including Google, Microsoft, and GitHub published Agentic Resource Discovery, an open draft spec for how AI agents find and verify tools online. The post Google, Microsoft Back Draft AI Agent Discovery Spec appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Google says a core assumption driving LLMs.txt adoption conflicts with the purpose its creators originally intended. The post Google Exposes The Fundamental Flaw Of LLMs.txt appeared first on Search Engine Journal
The UK’s CMA introduced two new conduct requirements for Google Search, covering fair ranking of organic results including AI Overviews, and search data portability. The post Google Must Give Notice Before Significant Ranking Changes appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Search Console reported 51,000 URLs as “Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt,” and Google says that’s not necessarily a problem. The post Google Explains Why URLs Blocked By Robots.txt Can Still Be Indexed appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Google updated its guidance to strike a less discouraging tone about the use of LLMs.txt, special markup, and markdown for AI SEO. The post Google’s Updated Guidance Now Says It’s “Fine” To Use LLMs.txt For AI SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Microsoft is beginning to roll out Citation Share, Intents, Topics, and Compare in the Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance dashboard preview. The post Bing Rolls Out AI Citation Share In Webmaster Tools appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
In a fresh-account test, Kapwing found 59% of TikTok For You videos were AI slop, roughly three times the rate on YouTube. The post TikTok Shows 3x More AI Slop Than YouTube, Report Finds appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Google says that markdown solves one problem while potentially creating others for search visibility. The post Google Says Markdown For AI SEO Strips Away The Parts That Matter appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Ahrefs analyzed 137K domains and found 97% of llms.txt files received zero requests. AI retrieval bots accounted for 1% of total requests.