RSS is back. AI agents are reading it
The article argues that RSS feeds are experiencing a resurgence as the preferred method for AI agents to consume structured, predictable data. Unlike social media algorithms designed for human addiction, RSS provides the reliable, programmatic access that AI models require.
Why it matters
This shift highlights a fundamental change in how information is distributed and consumed in an era increasingly dominated by automated agents rather than human users.
Google Reader died in 2013 and everyone called it. But RSS never stopped powering podcasting, and now AI agents need exactly what RSS does.
The piece presents a technical argument about data infrastructure without political or ideological bias.
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