Welcome to the week’s Pulse. Each update this week influences what can appear inside Google’s AI answers, and why. Google brought Preferred Sources into AI Overviews and AI Mode, new data looks at how personal data changes which brands appear in AI Mode, and Google’s CEO discussed AI Overview quality. Here’s what matters for you and your work. Preferred Sources In AI Overviews & AI Mode Google has expanded Preferred Sources beyond Top Stories in regular search results. It’s now rolling out inside AI Overviews and AI Mode responses. Key facts: Readers pick the sites they want to see more of, and those choices now carry a visible label when the site appears in an AI Overview or AI Mode answer. Sites can prompt their own readers to add them. More than 345,000 sources have been selected so far, up from roughly 90,000 at December’s global rollout. Why This Matters Preferred Sources status now shapes your link labels in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Top Stories.…