20250601 - Business Insider layoffs as traffic drops — but publisher Axel Springer says: AI will fix it!

it was Google wot done it Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/01/business-insider-layoffs-as-traffic-drops-but-publisher-axel-springer-says-ai-will-fix-it/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Business Insider layoff memo: https://x.com/sarafischer/status/1928063856464511208 rchive: https://archive.is/scdjd Google fixes bug that led AI Overviews to say it's now 2024 https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/30/google-fixes-bug-that-led-ai-overviews-to-say-its-now-2024/ Politico's Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI https://www.wired.com/story/politico-workers-axel-springer-artificial-intelligence/ Previously on Pivot to AI: Google's AI Overview directly takes readers away from its own source sites https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/26/googles-ai-overview-directly-takes-readers-away-from-its-own-source-sites/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENxWZMGB5qM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA