US EditionUK Proposes Forcing Google to Let Publishers Opt Out of AI Summaries
- Wednesday the Competition and Markets Authority proposed legally binding steps to ensure publishers get a fairer deal for content used in Google’s AI Overviews, including opt-out rights for scraping.
- After labeling Google strategic in October last year, the Competition and Markets Authority said its entrenched market power caused news publishers to lose traffic after AI Overviews rolled out.
- Requiring default choice screens on Android mobiles and the Chrome browser would ease switching search services, while mandating data portability, opt-out mechanisms for publishers, transparency and citation requirements, and fair ranking obligations.
- With a consultation open until Feb. 25, the Competition and Markets Authority will decide after feedback, and Google said it will engage and explore opt-out updates, Ron Eden said.
- Under the new digital market rules recently came into force, the Competition and Markets Authority used its conduct powers for the first time to boost competition and choice for UK businesses and consumers.
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UK May Force Google to Allow Sites to Opt Out of AI-Powered Search Summaries
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Jan. 28 said Google should give news sites and creators control over whether they allow their content to be scraped to feed AI Overviews, under proposals the competition watchdog is considering. The CMA said the measures could allow publishers to “opt out of their content being used to power AI features such as AI Overviews or to train AI models outside of Google search.” AI Overview generates …
Britain proposes curb on Google AI search to protect news publishers
UK watchdog on Wednesday proposed that websites should be allowed to stop the usage of Google AI overviews feature as AI-generated summaries discourage clicks to publishers' original pages, reducing traffic to their sites and in turn cutting their advertising revenue.
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UK proposes to let websites refuse Google AI search
Britain's competition watchdog proposed Wednesday that websites be allowed to opt out of having content used by Google's "AI Overviews" feature as it tackles the technology giant's dominance in online search.
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