WordPress Releases an AI Writing Assistant, SGE Concerns, and a Business Competition on YouTube

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Want to hear about the latest developments in AI and the potential impact on website owners?</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Don’t miss the latest episode of Niche Pursuits News!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Once again, Jared and Spencer team up for an engaging and informative discussion that covers a range of exciting topics.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>They start by talking about how the <a href= "https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/06/06/introducing-jetpack-ai-assistant/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WordPress Jetpack plugin</a> incorporates an AI assistant directly into the editor. This feature will allow users to generate text directly in WordPress and also correct spelling and grammar, generate titles, and uses several different prompts for tone, all for $10 a month.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Then they discuss <a href= "https://www.mariehaynes.com/newsletter/episode-289/" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a report on the Search Generative Experience</a>, the “new featured snippets,” and how quotes may be pulled directly from websites without any attribution or backlinks. This would cause quite a stir among SEOs and publishers, and Jared and Spencer discuss the implications and concerns surrounding this development.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>On a potentially positive note for some, they share <a href= "https://twitter.com/CyrusShepard/status/1663616157851729921?cxt=HHwWgoDStZqFrZYuAAAA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a recent tweet by Cyrus Shepard</a>, who crawled millions of URLs to compile a list of 7 categories of searches that are unlikely to trigger AI results in the SERPs.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Google Bard is also a topic of conversation in this episode. Jared and Spencer discuss the new location settings, which have been added to help localize queries,