Publishers Worry as Google Uses AI to Summarize Content
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Google is using AI like ChatGPT to create summaries of content, worrying publishers who rely on clicks for revenue.
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Publishers can block their content from being used to train AI models, but not from being summarized by SGE without losing search visibility.
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Publishers are concerned summaries will reduce clicks to their sites, though impact is unclear.
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Publishers want compensation for Google using their content to train AI systems.
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27% of top sites are blocking ChatGPT from accessing content, vs 6% blocking Google's system.
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