UK orders Google to provide AI Overviews opt-out option for publishers
The UK’s antitrust regulator has ordered Google LLC to give publishers more control over how their content appears in search results.
The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, announced the move today.
The order focuses on Google Search’s artificial intelligence features, particularly the AI Overviews panel that often appears above search results. The panel displays an AI-generated response to the user’s question. The CMA has instructed Google to let publishers prevent AI Overviews from using their content.
Website operators can block the feature without removing their content from search results. Moreover, it won’t affect publisher search rankings.
