AI is Killing Websites: Lit Hub

Here’s a trend websites like ours are dealing with: AI  summaries are killing search traffic. If you look up,  say, the best novels released last month, the AI  summary will pop up before the link to the Lit Hub  article does—even though the summary probably  plagiarizes our article, along with a few other publications.​ Support Lit Hub Because of that little AI summary, fewer people will  click on the link to the article. Fewer clicks means fewer  readers, which also means lower ad traffic, which means  our revenue takes a hit.  But we’re not backed by a  billionaire owner or a mega-corporation. In the face  of plagiarizing AI models, Lit Hub survives because  of our members.   You can support Lit Hub’s continued publication  for just $5 per month. In addition to the membership  benefits (which you can learn about here), you’ll be  helping Lit Hub weather the AI bubble and whatever  comes next.​​ Start your Lit Hub membership

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