UK orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI scraping for search summaries

British competition regulators have mandated that Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their content scraped for AI overviews Publishers in UK can opt out of Google AI search results13 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleImran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporterGetty ImagesOnline publishers can choose not to appear in the AI Overviews of Google search results in the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced.The competition regulator said this would "put publishers, like news organisations, in a stronger position to negotiate content deals with Google".Many websites have complained that they ha...