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Google must change AI Overviews after claiming users don’t want “lots of sources.”

A sign at the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

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UK regulators today ordered Google to put clearer attributions and links to publishers’ content in its AI-generated search features. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also said Google must give publishers a way to opt out of AI features in search.