Google may let websites opt out of the "AI Overviews"

[britporn_mike]

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and- ... Y5MDQ4OTU0


"Google says it's exploring the option of letting publishers opt out of having their website content used to generate AI Overviews at the top of search results.

In a blog post published on Thursday, the company addressed its approach to the controls it provides to websites in order to manage how their content appears in Search AI features. The post was Google's response to the fact that the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has opened a consultation into potential new requirements for Google.

Google introduced its AI Overviews features, which places AI-generated summaries at the top of search results, in summer 2024. The company relies on information scraped from websites to generate Overviews, and websites have been unable to opt out of Google using their content for this purpose.

As a direct result of this, many publishers and media organizations around the world have reported massive drops in click-through traffic, which has a domino effect on revenue and their ability to the produce the original content Google relies upon for Overviews"




Google may let websites opt out of the "AI Overviews" and my opinion .......

[monsta]

Follow the money if ad revenues are not going up or worse still going south they will make changes, it is always about the money.

[XpressPete]

When google sneezes the internet sits up pays attention

[calista]

It is a responsible thing to do by google

[pussyhunter]

I wonders if any site has sued them for it

[LuKenGas]

I wonders if any site has sued them for it

Suing anybody for anything is the easy part winning a case is another issue

[alsporn]

Watch how fast Bing does the same thing

[Ricks-Cams]

AI hurting people's income in one other way or another

[greatpornlinks]

Google's AI search is very neat I use it every time.

[blingman]

Watch how fast Bing does the same thing

For sure

[AlexO]

Sites give their right arm to be listed on Google I can not see them opting out.

[jag]

Sites give their right arm to be listed on Google I can not see them opting out.

I was about to say that