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Reddit, news outlets weigh cutting Google off as AI summaries kill traffic: report
Reddit, USA Today, Politico, Reuters, and The Economist are considering cutting ties with Google over its AI-generated 'overviews' in search results, which replace links to external outlets. Critics argue this practice poses an existential threat to online publishers by reducing traffic.
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