TIL that LinkedIn will start using our personal data and content to train their AI models.

This setting is set to “on” by default, unless you opt out.

➜ You can turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

Or go to Profile > Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement

And how does this all affect the websites that made Google’s AI possible in the first place?

Our data shows that nearly four in five web publishers have experienced traffic losses since June 2023, with almost half of all websites analyzed seeing traffic from Google Search dropping by at least 60%.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

Since Google partnered with Reddit in a $60 million deal in 2024, Reddit has blown up, with logged-out daily active-unique-visitor numbers rising by 70%.

Which makes sense considering how Google is showing Reddit threads everywhere.