The majority of the internet economy is built on clicks. There may be changes to Google's new AI overview feature.
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The majority of the internet economy is built on clicks. There may be changes to Google's new AI overview feature.
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Google's AI Overview feature allows you to provide answers to your questions before clicking on a single link. But this writes bad news for publishers who write articles that enhance these AI summaries. Their business model relies on site visits to sell advertising. Also, some small publishers have already gone out of business as the use of AI summaries grows.
“The extinction level event is already here,” said Helen Havlak, publisher of Tech News site The Verge.
NPR's John Ruwitch reports on how companies adapt to artificial intelligence reforms in Google search. Google is a financial supporter for NPR, but it covers it just like other companies.
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