There is this hack (or trick) to force Google Search Console to show you the generative AI performance report for your social and video content, the new platform properties feature. All you need to do is add “/ai” after “search-analytics” or “discover” in the URL within Search Console. This doesn’t work for normal properties but it currently works for the platform properties (at least for now).
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