Google rejected giving publishers more choice to opt out of AI Search

Publishers have to opt out of Search entirely to avoid their content being used in AI Overviews.

Google didn’t want to give publishers the choice to keep their content out of AI Search results because it’s “evolving into a space for monetisation.” That’s according to a newly disclosed internal document spotted by Bloomberg, which reveals that Google had discussed offering publishers more granular control over how website data would be used in AI Search features instead of the illusion of choice they eventually received.