Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it. All stories from 19 October 2026
DeepSeek opens its Search and Fetch APIs to everyone at $0.75 per 1,000 calls, alongside a new open-weight Flash model
Web search and page-fetch calls for AI tools and agents now have a public price, and a free period ends on 31 October.
A second German court treats Google's AI Overviews as Google's own statements, in a case over false claims about a doctor
The Decoder· 18 OctThe Decoder reported on 18 October that the Aachen Regional Court, in a preliminary injunction dated 24 September, barred Google from spreading false claims about a doctor through its AI search results. The AI had attributed criminal allegations to him that involved a different person. The court followed a May ruling from the Munich Regional Court I, classing the AI-generated text as Google's own statements rather than links to third-party sites. The Decoder says Google settled the Munich case instead of pursuing its announced appeal.
- Search your business name and your own name in Google, read the AI summary, and screenshot anything wrong with the date.
- If an AI answer states something false about your business, keep the screenshot and ask a solicitor whether the German rulings help in your country before you write to Google.
Source: The Decoder. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Google, from its own announcement. How we source and credit
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