Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
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Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#2The LLM should know when it regurgitates content from a specific site and page, that should be the new “pageview”. Me telling the LLM that I don’t want the first answer it gave me from a common site is the same as me going deep into Google search result page 10 (like the old days).
Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#3Is there much material difference to publishers to opt out of AI Mode given how much of the distribution Google controls?
I understand it prevents publishers' works from being "stolen" but leaves them without a major distribution source.
Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#4There will have to be a new IP framework to make sure people are properly incentivized to produce content in an AI first world.
Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#5Google is really making a good case that they're abusing their monopoly positino and need trust busting.
Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#6Maybe off topic, but Ive always found strange people who comment on Google's monopoly by focusing on chrome. It seems obvious to me that the key to their dominance is that they both have control over how traffic is distributed to websites, and how those websites get paid for the traffic they get. Chrome and android are just nice to haves, but Google would still be a monopoly without them.
I think if you wanna break up Google it would be a lot more effective to separate search from AdSense, rather than chrome.
Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#7Google is really making a good case that they're abusing their monopoly positino and need trust busting.
Is there a difference from what Google is doing here and what other players (OpenAI, Perplexity, Phind…) are doing?
Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#8The LLM should know when it regurgitates content from a specific site and page, that should be the new “pageview”. Me telling the LLM that I don’t want the first answer it gave me from a common site is the same as me going deep into Google search result page 10 (like the old days).
> LLM should know when it regurgitates content from a specific site and page
I dont think that's how LLMs work.
Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#9Very good. Google created this SEO garbage so now they can (and should) put an end to it.
Re: Google's AI Mode is 'the definition of theft,' publishers say
#10There will have to be a new IP framework to make sure people are properly incentivized to produce content in an AI first world.
The "traffic" did not incentivize "publishers" (as they call themselves) to produce any valuable content.. instead, it incentivized them to produce SEO garbage that's not helpful and often deceptive.