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UK Media Groups Can Opt Out of Google AI Search Summaries
Originally published Jun 3, 2026
By Guardian staff and agencies · The Guardian — Technology
AI-generated summary based on The Guardian — Technology · Aggregated by OffScreenSpace · Human-reviewed and approved on Jun 3, 2026
Key points
- Publishers can now opt out of their content being used in Google’s AI search features.
- The Competition and Markets Authority introduced new conduct requirements for search services.
- The change aims to give publishers control over how their content is used in AI-powered search summaries.
The UK competition watchdog has announced new conduct requirements for search services, allowing publishers to opt out of their content being used to train Google’s AI models and power search summaries. The Competition and Markets Authority stated that publishers will now have effective tools to prevent their content from being used in AI features like AI Overviews.
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