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News publishers call Google's AI Mode 'theft'

by cheeaun on 5/22/25, 1:12 AM with 3 comments

  • by bilekas on 5/22/25, 6:32 AM

    > Google Search head Liz Reid said during her testimony that allowing publishers to opt out of individual features would add “enormous complexity,”

    So instead they actively decided to consume without acredition. Say what you like about news publishers and the various quality they can be, if nobody makes a precedent for AI companies to just consume other peoples content for profit then it's a bleak future.

  • by CamperBob2 on 5/22/25, 4:31 AM

    News publishers call everything 'theft.'