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Google DeepMind and WRI launch ForTy, a six-category global forest map: Google DeepMind and the World Resources Institute released ForTy, a global map that classifies forests and other land into six categories, including primary forest, plantations and tree crops. It identifies only about half of planted forests and tree-crop areas, and 60% of plantations.

Environmental AI • The Decoder

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic to adopt a shared AI-scraping opt-out token: OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic said they will adopt a new standard that lets publishers opt out of AI scraping, as Search Engine Roundtable reported. A shared "policy token" lets publishers apply AI training preferences across multiple AI companies instead of setting them individually.

AI Policy • The Verge AI

Reddit • Reddit

Reddit lost 1M+ Google referrals a week in October, CEO blames AI Mode: Reddit lost over 1 million Google search referrals per week in October and its stock dropped over 25% despite strong earnings, CEO Steve Huffman said. He blamed Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode for zero traffic to external sites; Reddit is testing login barriers to become a direct destination.