Google ordered to let publishers in UK opt out of AI search summaries
The UK regulator calls the requirement a world first as pressure grows over AI's impact on web traffic
Ai overviews articles
Google's AI search is producing millions of wrong answers every day
Testing suggests AI overviews are 90% accurate, but that remaining 10% adds up over trillions of queries per year
Google's AI health summaries cite YouTube more than any medical source, study finds
AI Overview answers rely more on YouTube than the Mayo Clinic
Google removes AI answers from some medical searches after experts warn of risks to users' health
Not as bad as eating glue, but still wrong and dangerous
Google is putting even more AI into Gmail, and some of it is on by default
The takeaway: Here's a piece of news that not everyone will welcome: Google thinks there simply isn't enough generative AI in Gmail, so it's adding even more Gemini features. Some are free, others are subscription-only, and a few will be enabled by default – meaning you'll have to opt out if you don't want them.
EU probes Google for "illegally" scraping the web to catch up to its AI rivals
Google used its search and video platforms to starve competition, while helping itself to a copyrighted buffet
BBC study finds AI chatbots still get news wrong 45% of the time
Yet a third of UK adults trust AI summaries, and blames outlets when AI hallucinates
New scam uses Google AI search results to trick travelers with fake customer service numbers
"I'm pretty technologically advanced, and I fell for this"
Google's AI Overviews cut link clicks by almost 50%, putting independent sites at risk
Despite Google's claims to the contrary
Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers
"The reality is that sites can gain and lose traffic for a variety of reasons"
Cloudflare CEO warns AI crawlers and summaries are eroding the internet's business model
Google now sends fewer visitors to websites, Prince pledges to fight the "existential threat" of AI
Google AI falls for April Fools' prank story, presents it as real news
According to Google AI, Cwmbran, Wales is the roundabout capital of the world
Google defends failing AI search, while promising improvements
AI Overviews struggle with satire, lack of information, and confusing queries
Google search AI Overviews uses terrible information sourcing to give you terrible answers
Google downplays the bad answers, saying they "aren't representative of most people's experiences"
Six ways to eliminate the unhelpful "AI Overviews" in Google search results
"Instead of results, give me an AI summary that plagiarizes articles," said nobody ever