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AI is 'eating' the internet and killing old business models

Original: The internet is ‘dying’: AI is eating it and obliterating these business models

A widely shared MarketWatch piece argues the internet as we know it is 'dying', claiming artificial intelligence is consuming online content and traffic and destroying established digital business models. The argument taps into growing concern among publishers and creators that AI chatbots and summarisation tools are replacing clicks to websites, undermining advertising and subscription revenue across the web.

Why now: Growing anxiety that AI tools are diverting traffic and revenue from online publishers and creators

MarketWatchartificial intelligencethe internetonline publishers

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