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fromFast Company
1 week agoRolling Stone's owner, Penske, is suing Google over AI overviews
The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant's AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites. The lawsuit by Penske Media in federal court in Washington, D.C., marks the first time a major U.S. publisher has taken Alphabet-owned Google to court over the AI-generated summaries that now appear on top of its search results.
Media industry
Marketing tech
fromPC Gamer
2 weeks ago'The fact is that today, the open web is already in rapid decline,' says Google in court, then quickly rows back on that statement
Search quality has declined as corporate ad priorities and AI-generated summaries prioritize profit over accurate information and the open web.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoAI summaries cause devastating' drop in audiences, online news media told
News companies face a substantial threat from AI summaries replacing search results, leading to up to 80% fewer clickthroughs as users find information directly without clicking through.
Digital life
fromTheWrap
2 months agoGoogle's AI Summaries Have Chopped Article Clicks Down by Half
Users who encountered an AI summary clicked on a traditional search result link in 8% of all visits. Those who did not encounter an AI summary clicked on a search result nearly twice as often (15% of visits).
Artificial intelligence
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