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This week we don't have any major updates on AI For Newsroom (here some of the recent updates in case you missed them: one, two, three), but we have a lot of interesting reading anyway.
For example, new Similarweb report about state of AI search. Here is an interesting diagram from the report.

Also, we added new model in our LLM Tracking service where we collect best LLMs for newsrooms: LightOnOCR-2-1B — vision-language model for converting documents (PDFs, scans, images) into clean, naturally ordered text without relying on brittle pipelines.
New on AI For Newsroom this week
Stories, guides, initiatives, and signals we surfaced in this issue.
There's a 45 per cent chance this op-ed was written by AI
By Emma Divers·City AM·Blog·Jul 24, 2026
2026 Generative AI Landscape: The Evolution of AI Search
Similarweb·Report·Jul 24, 2026
Major Publishers Are Reportedly Considering a Drastic Step to Get Their Content Out of Google's AI Answers
By Mike Pearl·Gizmodo·Jul 23, 2026
Most newsroom leaders say staff skepticism is holding back AI, survey finds
By The Copilot, Romy Abu-Fadel·The Media Copilot·Jul 23, 2026
Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: News Corp sues Brave, Microsoft signs Australian Copilot deal
By Charlotte Tobitt·Press Gazette·Jul 22, 2026
Axios Exclusive: OpenAI renews $5M bet on local news
By Sara Fischer·Axios·Jul 22, 2026
Podcast: Can AI Save Journalism? (with Peter Stuart)
By Eric Benjamin Seufert·Mobile Dev Memo·Podcast·Jul 22, 2026
Nahar
Annahar Media Group·🇱🇧 Lebanon·journalism
In Graphic Detail: AI visibility is no longer about referral traffic
By Sara Guaglione·Media Archives - Digiday·Jul 21, 2026
Google search traffic to drop by half by Q3 2027 for UK publishers
By The Copilot, Christopher Allbritton·The Media Copilot·Jul 21, 2026
AI for Journalists Course: Ten Session Bundle
Women In Journalism·Opportunities·Jul 21, 2026
High Interest, limited resources: AI in Mongolia’s newsrooms
Thomson Foundation·Report·Jul 21, 2026
It's The Economics, Stupid
By Gina Chua·Restructured News·Newsletter·Jul 20, 2026
Cultural resistance hampers use of AI in newsrooms, new global survey finds
By Freddy Mayhew·Press Gazette·Jul 20, 2026
What brand publishers can learn from one of Europe’s boldest newsroom AI experiments
The Brand Media Review·Jul 24, 2026
How Publishers Can Monetise AI Visibility
Leadership in SEO·Education·Jul 24, 2026
News content is still resilient to Google’s AI overviews
By Simon Owens·Simon Owens's Media Newsletter·Newsletter·Jul 21, 2026
The bots publishers should be letting through the door
By Pete Pachal·The Media Copilot·Jul 21, 2026
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