Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’

Google Search Advocate John Mueller pushed back on the idea of serving raw Markdown files to LLM crawlers, raising technical concerns on Reddit and calling the concept “a stupid idea” on Bluesky.

The Ghost in the machine is outpacing the real world. That’s a huge risk – and, for Canada, an opportunity

Canada must pivot from exporting raw energy to exporting secure computation. We should not merely sell the uranium; we should ...
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What Is Answer Engine Optimization? And How To Do It

Think about the last time you searched for something specific—maybe a product comparison or a technical fix. Ideally, you ...

X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the ...
InfoQ

LinkedIn Leverages GitHub Actions, CodeQL, and Semgrep for Code Scanning

LinkedIn has rebuilt its static application security testing (SAST) pipeline using GitHub Actions and custom workflows, ...

AI model OpenScholar synthesizes scientific research and cites sources as accurately as human experts

Keeping up with the latest research is vital for scientists, but given that millions of scientific papers are published every ...

OpenClaw and Moltbook: why a DIY AI agent and social media for bots feel so new (but really aren’t)

If you’re following AI on social media, even lightly, you will likely have come across OpenClaw. If not, you will have heard one of its previous names, Clawdbot or Moltbot. Despite its technical ...

Moltbook: AI bots use social network to create religions and deal digital drugs – but are some really humans in disguise?

A new social network called Moltbook has been created for AIs, allowing machines to interact and talk to each other. Within ...