{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The GEO Show","title":"Do We Need the Internet Anymore?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/326c89fe\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2890,"description":"Welcome to episode 42 of The GEO Show, the briefing on Generative Engine Optimization and AI visibility. Brought to you by GEOforge.\nIn this episode (GEO Day 12 LinkedIn Live), Paris Childress, founder of Hop AI and co-founder of GEOforge, sits with Simon Young of Stitch to ask: do we need the internet anymore? They cover personal AI harnesses, LinkedIn agent lockouts, Meta Muse's free-token push, Amazon blocking Muse, walled gardens versus a single chief-of-staff agent, Simon's Stitch WhatsApp compliance video hitting Google #1, and whether the open web is becoming a machine-readable library.\nIn this episode:\n🤖 Grok 4.7 and agent-idle anxiety\nGrok 4.7 drops at the same price. Paris and Simon talk Cursor model upgrades, ambitious AI targets, and the new feeling that idle agents are hired staff waiting for work (including overnight second shifts).\n🔗 LinkedIn lockout from agent scraping\nParis is locked out of LinkedIn after ChatGPT Astra scraped ~128 Brighton SEO speaker profiles at high speed. They debate Sales Nav / Premium value, connection-request limits, and LinkedIn voice notes as an authenticity signal against bot outreach.\n🌐 TOP: Do we need websites anymore?\nIf agents research, book, buy, and act as EA for work and life, humans may stop doomscrolling feeds and scraping 20 sites. The open web starts to look like a library agents query, not a place people browse.\n🚀 Meta Muse and the harness wave\nMeta Muse rides a stock jump (~17% overnight on tape) with free, generous tokens subsidized by ads. Grok Bot stays hot. OpenAI, Claude, and Google are expected to ship competing personal assistants. Harnesses beat chat-only UX for offloading real work.\n🛒 Amazon blocks Muse; Alexa / Siri missed bets\nAmazon blocks Muse for rules-of-engagement / identity issues. Paris argues that may kill incremental agent-driven purchases; Simon notes Amazon would rather push Rufus. Alexa and Apple Siri are framed as historic missed voice-assistant opportunities.\n🧱 Walled gardens vs one...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7cDHOTKwTPJbamMzkSU5XMeYqbfRSPk5nMQ6zhbTeaI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kY2Ri/MGIyZjViNzJiODc5/ZGM5MmJhYmE4NmYx/MTVhYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}