US EditionCanadian news publishers, experts raise alarm over Google search AI summaries
Canadian news publishers say Google AI summaries reduce clicks on original articles by nearly half, raising concerns about revenue loss and information accuracy, experts warn.
- News publishers say AI-generated summaries by Google are cutting into their online traffic, and experts warn about accuracy concerns and the reshaping of the internet.
- Experts flag 'significant inaccuracies' in AI chatbots' news summaries, though Google says its 'AI Overviews are highly factual.'
- Researchers caution that AI systems may perpetuate flaws and mistakes present in their training data, raising concerns about overreliance on AI for information.
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People reading AI summaries on Google search instead of news stories, media experts warn
Some news publishers say the AI-generated summaries that now top many Google search results are resulting in less people actually reading the news, while experts are flagging concerns about the summaries' accuracy.
Canadian news publishers, experts sound the alarm over Google search AI summaries
News publishers say the AI-generated summaries that now top many Google search results are cutting into their online traffic — and experts are still flagging concerns about the summaries' accuracy as they warn the internet itself is being reshaped.
Winnipeg Free Press
Canadian news publishers, experts raise alarm over Google search AI summaries
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Google's AI Overviews Cause Massive Drop in Clicks, Report Finds
Google launched AI Overviews with the goal of making online search faster and more helpful. However, a new study is raising serious concerns about their impact on content creators. According to a report by AI search and SEO platform Authoritas, publishers are seeing a per-query clickthrough rate loss of nearly 50% when AI Overviews appear on a search results page. New study claims Google’s AI Overviews are a “zero-click” threat to publishers The…
We send billions of clicks to websites every day, said Google's search manager Liz Reid only recently as a reaction to the publishers' concerns. These relate mainly to AI overviews and the AI mode of Google. Because the AI search modes ensure that many search queries already end up on Google's results and clicks are missing. This development is supported by studies and seems quite logical. Google praises the click quality and the integration of …
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