Google says it is testing a new toggle inside its Search Console with some UK domain owners, letting them decide whether their sites appear in AI search results
The company says opting out won't impact placement in regular searches. — More than three years after it began rolling …
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Discussion
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@rtavs
Ross Tavendale
on x
Woo! New AI reporting is coming to search console. And it's being rolled out in the UK first 🇬🇧 https://blog.google/... Remember there is a couple of things you should be doing to help measure the impact of AI that includes
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@eastdakota
Matthew Prince
on x
Progress! The best thing to encourage healthy AI competition is to require Google to play by the same rules as everyone else and not leverage their monopoly of yesterday to build an insurmountable lead on tomorrow. Great job UK. Who's next? https://www.gov.uk/...
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@cmagovuk
@cmagovuk
on x
Today we have imposed a new conduct requirement under the UK's digital markets regime. We've secured a fairer deal for UK publishers and improvements to how Google search works in the UK. Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/... [image]
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@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk
Neil Brown
on mastodon
I have not yet read the full detail of this UK gov press release: — > ... publishers will now have effective tools to prevent their content being used to power AI features in search, such as AI Overviews. This will put publishers, like news organisations, in a stronger positio…
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@montezumachavez
Luis Montezuma
on x
Google will now also have to allow publishers to opt-out of allowing their content to be used for the ‘fine-tuning’ of AI models. This provides publishers with confidence that they will have control over the full range of AI use-cases of their content. See https://www.gov.uk/... …
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@akm1410
Ashish K. Mishra
on x
Important. In a world first, publishers will be able to opt out of their content being used to power AI features in Google search. The UK specific ruling. https://www.gov.uk/...
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Tony Stubblebine
Tony Stubblebine
on linkedin
We need more of this from all the AI companies. — Anyone who's created or published something on the internet wants a say in how content is consumed and used by AI companies. …
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Sulina Connal
Sulina Connal
on linkedin
We're committed to giving ecosystem partners the transparency and choice they need. Today, we're announcing new resources aimed …
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Martha Dark
Martha Dark
on linkedin
MAJOR NEWS: Following Foxglove and partners complaint to the UK competition regulator, the CMA today announced Google must give journalists an opt-out from AI theft. …
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Tim Squirrell
Tim Squirrell
on linkedin
HUGE win: after complaints from Foxglove and others to the UK competition regulator, Google will be forced to allow publishers to opt …
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@jeffjarvis
@jeffjarvis
on bluesky
In other words, UK regulator allows Publishers to commit audience suicide. — Publishers in UK can opt out of Google AI search results — bbc.com/news/article...
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r/unitedkingdom
r
on reddit
UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search