What do UK watchdog’s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?

Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramificationsThe UK’s competition watchdog has ordered Google to change how it uses publishers’ content in its AI-powered search results, in a move that will have global ramifications.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is using powers that allow it to set bespoke rules for major tech firms that it deems to have “strategic market status”. Google, the world’s largest search engine, is one of those companies. Continue reading...