UK regulators order Google to add clearer publisher links and opt-out options for AI Overviews
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Jon Brodkin
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Summary
UK regulators (CMA) have ordered Google to provide clearer attributions and links to publishers' content in its AI-generated search features (AI Overviews). The CMA also mandated that Google must give publishers a way to opt out of having their content used to power AI search features. This is described as a world-first regulatory action giving publishers effective tools to prevent their content from being used in AI search features like AI Overviews.
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This will put publishers, like news organizations, in a st
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