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What changes. At the source.

Official announcements. SEO and AI search, their sources and related TSEP controls.

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Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes

Grok adds image search to its Web Search tool

Original Image Search in Web Search

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
AI search and GEO
Status
Documentation updated

Added during the historical import.

Image Search in Web Search

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
19bdfc17ebfdf8e63f1950708b25056b174ab354a24e4bdba8ad4f79a1adbf2a
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
408f55a2a1414f4006da375dcedff2157a5ae7916226035339f68703c2546e87

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes

Grok 4.1 Fast and Agent Tools API combine web and X search

Original Grok 4.1 Fast and Agent Tools API

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI search and GEO
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Grok 4.1 Fast and Agent Tools API

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-06

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
7176b97ad65c77987e1c4538f0e782a2b9a0aa71c5134929a51fa18cb9280456
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
0f61686f0cee8797f43447f89c2efc5f85278053f28b992f2a6d9a62a4305328

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

Agent tools adapt to Grok 4.1 Fast models and tool prices dropped

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
19bdfc17ebfdf8e63f1950708b25056b174ab354a24e4bdba8ad4f79a1adbf2a
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
f0db6379c1b3fe596850da63a8bc852148df79aa2d987bad87a3a2066d6301c2

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes

xAI makes web and X search tools generally available in the API

Original Tools are now generally available

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
AI search and GEO
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Tools are now generally available

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
19bdfc17ebfdf8e63f1950708b25056b174ab354a24e4bdba8ad4f79a1adbf2a
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
4c227c7f9550a7b5089e9d9775c8f195f525b2ea04687d5df7e30fa7f4cefd95

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes

Grok 4 Fast expands web and X search

Original Grok 4 Fast

Evidence
  • Grok (xAI) · announcements and release notes · 2025-09-19 Grok 4 Fast
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI search and GEO
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Grok 4 Fast

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-06

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
973734732591d3fe65d92097ce9fec7071b79b6a1c07ca8fc2251119322b88a2
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
4f102e5f7e691903ff097bd928dbef63c896bf22cfad565269dd9914ebe00110

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes

Grok 4 integrates web browsing and X search into its reasoning

Original Grok 4

Evidence
  • Grok (xAI) · announcements and release notes · 2025-07-09 Grok 4
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI search and GEO
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Grok 4

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-06

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
83cf0a26b3ee0918d429a65ec2fbac304270ccaa37263a76af68b62b24fdec7f
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
ab73f870587f8c01fa6b9a9fa985fefdeb0be56d9c68ae3693b736158ec20896

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes

xAI announces Live Search in its API

Original Live Search is available on API

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
AI search and GEO
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Live Search is available on API

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
19bdfc17ebfdf8e63f1950708b25056b174ab354a24e4bdba8ad4f79a1adbf2a
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
4e38cd424e833dcb7232fc084953885a2af91657a292ad19a2643094379a7183

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes

Grok 3 introduces DeepSearch for in-depth research

Original Grok 3 Beta — The Age of Reasoning Agents

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI search and GEO
Status
Beta or preview

Added during the historical import.

Grok 3 Beta — The Age of Reasoning Agents

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-06

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
15183dc22919534c19a43e99695036299c182deb357f95f36b1d384a596235d3
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
fd749a8413cb1f4c7d7765bf9a41d4898f5886ebb76b7be08319f8847be93664

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes

Grok describes its web search and source citations

Original Bringing Grok to Everyone

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-06
Topic
AI search and GEO
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Bringing Grok to Everyone

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-06

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
d923a7e9a6c1162d38725ac3981a346e4bfd56075e40cca581107ebcf6a32dd8
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
7b41f57741dbac8124265367afa4c665317bb987daf3f771d36144a222a71c02

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Reference data

The registers.

Coverage check

What the feed missed.

2 / 3

events found

67 %

2 / 6 provider mentions found

Reports missed by month-end

Shared AI training preference

Google · Microsoft · OpenAI · Anthropic

Events and comparison sources

An event counts once when any of its official reports enters the collection. Each provider is counted separately. Later backfills preserve the month-end score.

Figures cover the sampled events only, compared with independent publications at the end of each month (UTC).

Directory · 50 tracked sources

Sources and coverage.

Google16 sources
Microsoft · Bing4 sources
AI and other platforms16 sources
  • Amazon search and AI crawlers · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Anthropic crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read · 1 archived publication Oct 2026
  • Apple Business local presence release notes · Nightly Last successful read · 5 archived publications May 2026 – Oct 2026
  • Apple Business locations and brands · Nightly Last successful read · 1 archived publication Mar 2026
  • Apple Applebot · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • ByteDance Bytespider and access · Nightly Last successful read ·
  • Common Crawl CCBot and access · Nightly Last successful read ·
  • DuckDuckGo DuckAssistBot · Nightly Last successful read · Last attempt failed ·
  • Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes · Hourly Last successful read · 9 archived publications Dec 2024 – May 2026
  • Grok (xAI) web search and sources · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Meta crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Mistral AI announcements · Hourly Last successful read · 6 archived publications Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
  • Mistral AI crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • OpenAI publisher announcements · Hourly Last successful read · 2 archived publications Jul 2026 – Oct 2026
  • OpenAI search crawlers · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Perplexity search crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
Standards and institutions11 sources
Outside the default selection3 sources
  • Baidu search resource platform · Nightly Last successful read · 6 archived publications Sep 2026 – Nov 2026 Official source
  • Naver Search & Tech · Nightly Last successful read · 18 archived publications Jul 2026 – Nov 2026 Official source
  • Yandex webmaster news · Nightly Last successful read · 5 archived publications Aug 2026 – Oct 2026 Official source

Available archives vary by source. Changes to undated documentation pages are reviewed before they may appear in the feed.

Primary sources feed the editorial selection. Baidu, Naver and Yandex remain available by filter and in search.

The method

Facts. With context.

  1. Collect

    Critical sources are checked hourly; all sources are checked nightly. One record keeps the original title, published date and sources for each event. Undated documentation changes are held for review. The French and English RSS feeds support WebSub to notify compatible subscribers after publication.

  2. Classify

    A yellow square marks a change that may affect a TSEP check, access rule, diagnosis or deadline. Recurring publications and events remain background information. A yellow triangle identifies background news; a dashed circle means classification is pending. Translations are editorial.

  3. Review for TSEP

    Each month, the review connects announcements to relevant TSEP controls. For each item reviewed, the team decides whether the protocol already covers it, a change needs consideration, or monitoring should continue or close.

Impact explains practical consequences after human review in the displayed language. View adds a distinct editorial position: it is public only after personal approval, with the author’s name and reviewed language. AI-assisted proposals remain in the private workspace.

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