CMA Order Requires Google to Offer UK Publishers Opt-Out from AI Search Content
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has issued an order requiring Google to provide UK publishers with a mechanism to opt out of having their content used in AI search results. This decision follows regulatory scrutiny regarding the use of copyrighted material in artificial intelligence training and search outputs.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) order requires Google to provide UK publishers with a mechanism to opt out of having their content used in AI search results. The rule gives news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries. Google is the world’s largest search engine.
In a separate development reported by Nashua Telegraph, Google pledged to crack down on fake online reviews following an investigation by British regulators. The company committed to rigorous steps to detect and remove sham reviews to identify businesses and reviewers trying to benefit from phony posts. Google will delete all reviews written by people who repeatedly write fake or misleading reviews for U.K. businesses. Reviewers who repeatedly write fake or misleading reviews will be banned from posting new reviews. Businesses that try to artificially boost their star ratings will also face consequences.
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