Google’s AI opt-out leaves publishers with a choice they can’t safely use
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Authority
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The CMA has, on paper, given publishers a right to refuse AI in search. But because it’s opt-out, and Google is slow-walking the data needed to judge the impact, that right is barely usable, publishers say.