TechnologyYahoo builds Scout, its first search engine in 17 years
The Next Web reports that Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone says Scout will stay full of publisher links. He favors ads over AI micropayments, which he says will never be enough for publishers.
TLDR
Yahoo has built its first search engine in 17 years, The Next Web reports. CEO Jim Lanzone accuses AI models of having "photocopied the entire internet" without linking back. He says Yahoo Scout will stay full of links to publishers. His proposed fix is ads, not AI micropayments, which he argues will never be enough for publishers.
Yahoo builds Scout, its first search engine in 17 years
The Next Web reports that Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone says Scout will stay full of publisher links. He favors ads over AI micropayments, which he says will never be enough for publishers.
TLDR
Yahoo has built its first search engine in 17 years, The Next Web reports. CEO Jim Lanzone accuses AI models of having "photocopied the entire internet" without linking back. He says Yahoo Scout will stay full of links to publishers. His proposed fix is ads, not AI micropayments, which he argues will never be enough for publishers.
