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Google denies analyzing your emails for AI training - here's what happened

Google denies charges that it's analyzing your private emails to train its AIs. A class action lawsuit accuses Google of privacy violations. You may still want to opt out of the features in question.

Data brokers accused of hiding opt-out pages from Google

A Senate investigation revealed major data brokers allegedly hid opt-out pages from search engines, making it harder for consumers to stop data sales.
Lifehacker

Google Says It Isn't Using Your Emails to Train Its AI

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google May Let Sites Opt Out Of AI Search Features

Google says it's "exploring updates" to let sites opt out of Search generative AI features, though no timeline or details were provided. The blog post coincides with the UK CMA opening a consultation ...

Google developing options to allow AI opt-out in search to ease UK concerns

LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Google said it was developing new search controls to let websites specifically opt out of its generative AI features, as the U.S. tech giant sought to address the British ...
Digiday

Google’s forced AI opt out: what changes — and what doesn’t — for publishers

The U.K’.s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed new rules to give publishers more control over how Google uses their content in AI features like its AI Overviews. The upshot: publishers ...
CNET

Google Considers Letting Websites Opt Out of Having Content Scraped for AI Overviews

Google's polarizing generative AI summaries that appear at the top of search results are particularly unpopular among publishers. Regulatory intervention in the UK may offer them a way out. Katie is a ...
Android

UK Publishers Demand Google an AI Overviews Opt-Out Option

UK publishers are demanding an opt-out from Google’s AI Overviews in search. They argue these AI summaries reduce website traffic and revenue, echoing an earlier antitrust complaint from EU publishers ...

Google's AI summaries: Opt-out announced for British media companies

Since Google's AI summaries, news sites worldwide have seen fewer views. In Great Britain, the company wants to offer an opt-out.
Android

Google Explores New Opt-Out Tools for AI Search Following UK Pressure

The UK’s CMA wants to make it possible for web publishers to opt out of Google’s AI Overviews without losing their search visibility. Having the “strategic market status” label in the country, Google ...
Gizmochina

Google may let websites opt out of AI Overviews after UK pressure

Google is exploring new options to allow websites and publishers to opt out of having their content used in AI Overviews. The move comes after the UK government urged the company to provide more ...