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June 18, 2026

NewSunSEO

Survey: 60% of Consumers Say ‘AI’ in Brand Messaging Is a Turnoff

60% of U.S. consumers say brands using "AI" in messaging turn them off, per WordPress VIP's 2026 survey of 2,000 respondents, even as AI search referrals rise.

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June 11, 2026

NewSunSEO

A More Powerful Publicly Available Mythos-Class Model: What It Means for AI Search Visibility

Anthropic opened its Mythos-class model, a tier above Opus, to paid users. Smarter AI assistants now research deeper, raising the bar for local business visibility.

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May 30, 2026

NewSunSEO

Tokenmaxxing: When AI Adoption Metrics Backfire on Owners

An enterprise client ran up a $500M Claude bill in one month after Amazon staff gamified AI usage. What owners should measure instead.

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May 29, 2026

NewSunSEO

AI Mode Search: Why 88% Trust Results Without Comparing

88% of users accept Google AI Mode answers without comparing. See what that means for local visibility and how to become the cited source.