In this episode of SEO and AI News, we cover a range of topics including AI development and concerns like self-replication and ethical considerations, AI applications and features such as AI in gaming and updates to Alexa, SEO and search engine updates including the impact of AI overviews and Google's quality rater guidelines, and other notable events like Elon Musk's dealings with OpenAI and Google's handling of DEI.

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Video Links -Google Staff Meeting on AI & Diversity - https://tinyurl.com/2y43k7b2Do Links Still Matter for SEO? - https://shorturl.at/5OQWcDo Long Title Tags Help with Rankings? - https://shorturl.at/oI9yeMicrosoft Muse: AI for Game Development - https://tinyurl.com/3d4f4y2aBloomberg Report: AI Industry Trends - https://tinyurl.com/363d6jzzChatGPT Now Free to Use Without an Account - https://rb.gy/98bu7xAmazon Alexa Assistant Gets AI Upgrade - https://rb.gy/0apf8bGoogle Market Share Slips - https://rb.gy/aywtccImpact of AI Overviews on SEO - https://tinyurl.com/3wnwnpbxOpenAI Expands AI Agent Operator Worldwide - https://rb.gy/czjlz8AI Can Now Replicate Itself – https://tinyurl.com/y6697uxkMeta Offers £300,000 for Exclusive Instagram Reels - https://tinyurl.com/yk6zamcsTrump’s AI Video Sparks Controversy - https://shorturl.at/MKhmxGmail Scam Targeting Banking Data - https://shorturl.at/sDYFwGoogle Ads Now Demotes Misleading Landing Pages - https://shorturl.at/lCBJtMicrosoft’s OmniParser v2 Turns LLMs Into Agents - https://tinyurl.com/3dw23tkhOpenAI Furious About DeepSeek - https://rb.gy/wdrgrpGoogle AI Mode - https://9to5google.com/2025/02/05/google-search-ai-mode-testing/ - https://searchengineland.com/google-search-testing-ai-mode-451672Meta Building Global Internet Cable - https://tinyurl.com/2kmecez8AI brain decoder - https://tinyurl.com/yn4kffk9New AI models - https://chat.qwen.ai/ & https://chat.mistral.ai/chatTikTok SEO update - https://tinyurl.com/4xzn7dn8Google ask for me - https://tinyurl.com/4kmypcykAI robot dancing - https://tinyurl.com/5csrc76zGoogle Maps blocks Gulf of America reviews - https://tinyurl.com/5d855cv8Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xTGNNLPyMI1997 internet shopping - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDXvpbpbPCoAI statement from Anthropic - https://tinyurl.com/4wzntkyjUK and US refuse to sign AI declaration - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8edn0n58gwoAI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ - https://tinyurl.com/3eswk5h4Don't Update Lastmod Date - https://tinyurl.com/4ajzu8nwAudio on content - https://tinyurl.com/msxjy6h8QRG: Filler content - https://tinyurl.com/ycyb5m2xGoogle Publisher Center changes - https://tinyurl.com/ymu2ucbnSam Altman & AGI - https://tinyurl.com/nr6uzvaxDeepSeek users in USA - https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/deepseek-ai-us-ban-prison-b2692396.htmlGoogle's volatility - https://tinyurl.com/5b9fbafs AI Mentions In Google's Search Quality Rater Guidelines - https://tinyurl.com/muxxfv2mGoogle Updates Product Markup - https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-updates-product-markup-to-support-member-pricing-sales/539786/Steven Adler expresses concern - https://tinyurl.com/3aw8cz6xSam Altman enrages Elon Musk - https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/openai-elon-musk-bid-sam-altman-b2695830.htmlAI ‘godfather’ predicts another revolution - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/04/ai-godfather-predicts-another-revolution-in-the-tech-in-next-five-yearsSEO Office Hours - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctn9hzypHhU&t=449s