When a search for a news article on Google yielded AI-generated paragraphs at the top of the results page, Frank Pine, an executive editor of a media group, found it annoying. Google recently announced that these AI-generated summaries would be available to all users in the US. This change has publishing executives worried about the impact on their business models, as it may reduce traffic to their sites from Google. While publishers want to be listed in Google’s search results, their content being used in AI-generated summaries raises concerns about the original creators being overshadowed. Protecting content from Google could result in links appearing without descriptions and reducing click-through rates.
