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Publishers Lobby Congress for 'Bad Bots' Bill

Over 300 news publishing executives, including leaders from Condé Nast, Hearst Magazines, USA Today Co., and The Seattle Times, traveled to Washington D.C. to lobby Congress for the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act. The bill would require AI stealth crawlers to identify themselves, preventing them from disguising traffic and bypassing publishers' scraping blocks. Organized by News/Media Alliance, the event follows a similar New York state law and aims to address the growing problem of AI bots scraping content without permission. Executives met with lawmakers to emphasize the need for transparency, control, and fair compensation when their content is used for AI training. The initiative highlights the increasing urgency as AI bot traffic has surged significantly, with TollBit detecting over 22 billion AI bot scrapes in the first half of 2026.

• More than 300 publishing executives lobbied Congress for the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act.
• Key participants included Condé Nast, Hearst Magazines, USA Today Co., and The Seattle Times.
• The bill would require AI stealth crawlers to identify themselves.

Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle & USLege Launch Capitol Confidential Pro

Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle & USLege launch Capitol Confidential Pro, a new product with searchable government video transcripts and Sacramento political reporting and analysis.

Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle & USLege Launch Capitol Confidential Pro With Searchable Government Video Transcripts & Sacramento Political Reporting & Analysis

Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle and USLege have launched Capitol Confidential Pro, a new product offering searchable government video transcripts and Sacramento political reporting and analysis.

Former LinkedIn Chief Roslansky to Leave Microsoft

Microsoft executive Ryan Roslansky, who led LinkedIn for six years, will leave the company at the end of 2026. Satya Nadella announced the departure in a memo, praising Roslansky's contributions, particularly to the unified Copilot app. Roslansky cited the need to be in Redmond full-time for the next phase, conflicting with his Bay Area life. His departure follows other executive exits, including Phil Spencer and Rajesh Jha. During his tenure, LinkedIn's membership grew from 700 million to 1.3 billion. Dan Shapero has already been named LinkedIn's new CEO.

• Ryan Roslansky will leave Microsoft at the end of 2026.
• Roslansky led LinkedIn for six years, growing membership from 700 million to 1.3 billion.
• His departure follows other executive departures including Phil Spencer and Rajesh Jha.

Vespa.ai Achieves AWS AI Competency

Vespa.ai announced it has achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI Competency in the AI Software category. This designation recognizes Vespa as an AWS Partner that helps customers build, deploy, and operate large-scale AI applications on AWS. The Vespa AI Search Platform combines hybrid retrieval, advanced ranking, machine learning inference, and real-time serving in a single platform, reducing infrastructure complexity while providing low latency and scalability for production AI. Vespa is trusted by organizations including Perplexity, Spotify, and Yahoo, powering billions of queries and recommendations across industries such as information platforms, digital commerce, media and advertising, and life sciences. The recognition validates Vespa's expertise in building production AI search applications on AWS.

• Vespa.ai achieved the AWS AI Competency in the AI Software category.
• The designation recognizes Vespa as an AWS Partner for building and operating large-scale AI applications on AWS.
• Vespa AI Search Platform combines hybrid retrieval, advanced ranking, ML inference, and real-time serving.

Yahoo Finance Announces New Programming Lineup Featuring Live Daily Shows and Original Series

Yahoo Finance announced a new programming lineup featuring live daily shows and original series, including a new live daily show covering AI and technology with Deirdre Bosa.