The UK CMA proposes measures to let publishers opt out of content scraping for Google's AI Overviews and AI training without losing visibility in search results
News organisations hope proposals will increase leverage to get paid if content is used in AI summaries
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Media hide heads in sand and hope someone will come looking for them. — UK media groups should be allowed to opt out of Google AI Overviews, CMA says — www.theguardian.com/media/2026/ j...