Google's early effort to pay websites for AI answers runs into trouble
Google's early attempt to pay websites for AI answers is struggling
What happened
Google's AI content-payment pilot is struggling. About 100 publishers were approved to participate, earning a share when their content is used in Gemini-powered AI Overviews and other search results. Small and midsize publishers say the revenue is only about one-thousandth of their advertising income. Some large publishers have declined to join, hoping to pressure Google for better terms.
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