For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending ...

Google privately told a federal court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a sharp reversal from its public ...

Google said that the open web is "in rapid decline" as it tries to defend a breakup of its ads business, but later clarified ...

Google's court filing reveals the open web is in decline, contradicting its previous claims, while new ad formats and AI ...

A recent analysis of AI Overviews web traffic from the Pew Research Center suggests AI Overviews results in a substantial drop in web traffic. Google executives have disputed this, claiming the search ...

It’s not the first time Google has stood up to argue in favor of the health of the web today, but a statement from an ongoing court case admits that “the open web is in rapid decline,” somewhat ...

Google says the open web is rapidly declining. But is it really dying—or just changing? Here’s what it means for publishers ...